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what is the minumum pay for farm worker. also what is the rantoen?
For a farm worker, classified as an agriculture worker, the minimum wage is:
- N$10.00 per hour from 1 January 2025 - N$14.00 per hour from 1 January 2026 - N$18.00 per hour from 1 January 2027 5
The supplied sources do not state a fixed cash amount for a ration, food, or free quarters. They indicate that in-kind payments must be valued, and the value of payments in kind may not exceed one-third of the employee’s basic wage. 236
The minimum rates above are set by the 2024 Wage Order, which is the applicable subordinate instrument under the Labour Act. 5
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Labour Act 11 of 2007-Regulations 2017-257
(a) must pay the domestic worker the full amount of the minimum wage contemplated in paragraph 4, or a higher wage agreed upon minus lawful deductions as contemplated in section 12 of the Act; and (b) may not, pursuant to regulation 3 of the Regulations, deduct from the monetary remuneration contemplated in item (a) the value of in-kind payments or contributions, such as food, clothing or housing. Transport allowance
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
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
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...
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...
Employees' Compensation Act 30 of 1941-Regulations 1961-0581
R If paid per Month. R (a) Wages (excluding allowances)……………….. (b) Cost of living allowance……………………… (c) Other allowances (specify nature)……………. (d) Value of free food…………………………….. (e) Value of free quarters……………………… …. R