Last month, a Labour Court appeals judgment referred to the
salary paid to a cashier by Woolworths as shocking.
“At the time of her dismissal, she was working at the
appellant’s store at Maponya Mall in Soweto earning a shocking monthly salary
of R2 090.21,” reads the judgment.
The reality is that, for more than five million South
Africans, a job is not a ticket out of poverty because they earn too little.
Despite discussions about a national minimum wage having
been on the cards for the past two years, very little has happened.
The National Economic Development and Labour Council
established a national minimum wage advisory panel two weeks ago and it hopes
to give its first round of feedback in October. The seven-member panel will
also have to make a call on how much the minimum wage should be. Trade union
federation Cosatu is asking for it to be about R4 500.
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