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Johannesburg - The Department of Labour's national public hearings and site visits on the review of the minimum wages and conditions of employment in the hospitality sector come to an end on Friday March 11.
The minimum wage review was prompted by the three-year sectoral determination of the hospitality sector coming to an end on June 30 2016. The sectoral determination spells out minimum wages, number of leave days, working hours and termination rules among other conditions of employment.
Since February public hearings have been held in all provinces to engage with industry interested stakeholders.
This week more hearings will be held in Limpopo and Gauteng.
In terms of the minimum wages for employees in the hospitality sector, for the period July 1 2015 to June 30 2016 for establishments with 10 or less employees, the current minimum wage is R2 760.59 per month, R637.10 per week and R14.15 per hour.
For those employers with more than 10 employees the minimum wage for the period July 1 2015 to June 30 2016 is R3 076.98 per month, R710.12 per week and R15.77 per hour.
The sectoral determination in the hospitality sector covers any commercial business or part of a commercial business in which employers and workers are associated for the purpose of carrying on or conducting activities for reward in a hotel, motel, inn, resort, game lodge, hostel, guest house, guest farm or bed and breakfast establishment including short stay accommodation, self-catering, timeshares, camps and caravan parks.
It also includes 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 accommodation.
The hospitality sector sectoral determination excludes workers and employers involved in the trade of letting of flats, rooms 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.
