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What is the minimum wage for a farm worker?
The minimum wage for a farm worker, classified as an “agricultural worker,” is N$10.00 per hour from 1 January 2025, increasing to N$14.00 per hour from 1 January 2026, and N$18.00 per hour from 1 January 2027. 1 5
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Labour Act 11 of 2007-Wage Order 2024-218
N$18.00 per hour. (2) Despite subsection (1) - (a) domestic workers are entitled to: (i) N$12.00 per hour with effect from 1 January 2025; (ii) N$15.00 per hour from 1 January 2026; and (iii) N$18.00 per hour from 1 January 2027. (b) agriculture workers are entitled to: (i) N$10.00 per hour with effect from 1 January 2025; (ii) N$14.00 per hour from 1 January 2026; and (iii) N$18.00 per hour from 1 January 2027. (c) Security workers are entitled to: (i) N$13.50 per hour with effect from 1 January 2025; (ii) N$16.00 per hour with effect from 1 January 2026; (iii) N$18.00 per hour with effect from January 2027. [Paragraph (c) is inserted by GN 6/2025. Paragraph (b) should now end with a semico...
Labour Act 11 of 2007
determine the applicable hourly, daily, weekly or monthly rate of pay of an employee - (a) whose remuneration is based on a different time interval; or (b) who is remunerated on a basis other than time worked. (2) If an employee is remunerated on a basis other than time worked, that employee must be considered, for the purpose of this section, to be remunerated on a weekly basis, and that employee’s weekly remuneration or weekly basic wage must be calculated as follows: (a) calculate the total amount of remuneration or basic wage earned by the employee during - (i) the immediately preceding 13 weeks of work; or (ii) if the employee has been in employment for a shorter period, that shorter pe...
Employees' Compensation Act 30 of 1941-Regulations 1961-0581
records, including the cash value of any other remuneration, e.g. rations and/or free quarters, the yield from free land, etc., paid to all workmen, during the period 1st March, 19 ....... to the last day of February, 19 ............... NUMBER. WAGES. (Cash, rations, quarters, etc.) EUROPEANS, ASIATICS, COLOUREDS ............................. R BLACKS...................................... R TOTAL ........................................ R
Employees' Compensation Act 30 of 1941-Regulations 1961-0581
The estimated number of workmen you expect to employ in connection with your farming activities and their estimated wages including the cash value of any other remuneration e.g. rations, free quarters, etc. for the period 1st March of the current year to the last day of February of the following year. NUMBER. WAGES. (Cash, rations, quarters, etc.) EUROPEANS, ASIATICS, COLOUREDS ....................... R BLACKS ............................... R TOTAL .................................. R I/We certify that the above estimates are fair and reasonable. ................................................................... Signature of employer or duly authorised agent. Date ............................
Labour Act 11 of 2007-Wage Order 2024-218
has that meaning, and unless the context otherwise indicates – “agricultural worker” means a person working for an agricultural undertaking or an agricultural employer for any period of time; “domestic worker” means a person engaged in domestic work in an employment relationship, including a child-minder, cook, driver, gardener or housekeeper; “security worker” means an individual who provides the services of protecting or safeguarding a person or property [The definition of “security worker” is inserted by GN 6/2025. It should end with a semicolon.] “the Act” means the Labour Act, 2007 (Act No. 11 of 2007); and “this Order” means the Wage Order for Setting a National Minimum Wage for Employ...
Labour Act 11 of 2007-Regulations 2008-261
kind is an amount which does not exceed the equivalent of one-third of the employee’s basic wage. (2) The calculation of the cash equivalent of any payment in-kind must be based on the producers’ prices of the commodities comprising the in-kind payment, or in absence of a producers’ price for any commodity, the average price of the commodity at an agriculture cooperative or wholesalers in the nearest city or town. Written statement of particulars of monetary remuneration