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Johannesburg - Public hearings on the review of the minimum wage in the contract cleaning sector ended on Wednesday, the labour department said.
"The next step is for the department to consolidate all national inputs submitted during the national public hearings and written inputs into a single document," it said in a statement.
"The Employment Conditions Commission will do a review of the data collected and submit a consolidated report with recommendations to Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant."
The public hearings started at the beginning of the month to obtain input from parties involved, such as workers, employers, and unions.
The review of the minimum wage in the sector is expected to end in November. The new three-year minimum wage sectoral determination is expected to start in December.
Workers argued that the current hourly rate determination was unfair, in that when workers were due to get minimum wage increases employers reduced their working hours, the department said.
They also cited non-compliance with labour laws and a lack of benefits as problems.
Employers favoured inflation-linked minimum wage determination.
