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The Department of Labour says the minimum wage in the hospitality sector has been increased with effect from the 1st of July.
The says the new wage adjustments will be applicable until 30th of June 2015.
It includes short stay accommodation, self-catering, time shares, camps, caravan parks, restaurants, pubs, taverns, cafés, tearooms, coffee shops, fast food outlets, snack bars, industrial or commercial caterers, function caterers, contract caterers and includes all activities or operations incidental to or subsequent on any of the activities mentioned above.
The Hospitality Sector SD excludes workers and employers involved in the trade of letting of flats, rooms and/or houses. It also excludes all workers and employers covered by another sectoral determination in terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. It further excludes areas that are covered by a Statutory Council or a Bargaining Council.
According to a statement the Sectoral Determination prescribes minimum wage rates and conditions of employment in the Sector.
The Department of Labour says the current wage increases have been determined by utilizing the consumer price index of 6.2%, excluding owners' equivalent rent, reported by Stats SA on the 23rd of April.
The minimum wage increases is therefore determined by adding 6.2% plus 1.5% as stated in the current Sectoral Determination, bringing the total increase in the hospitality sector to 7.7%.
