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Business Report writes that the Labour Department has stipulated new minimum wage levels for the taxi industry, which will see salaries increasing by an average of 6% as of 1 August 2016.
Taxi drivers will now be earning R3,218, an increase of R188 per month. The weekly wage for taxi drivers has increased from R697 to R742 and an hourly increase of just less than R1. Rank marshals’ minimum wage will increase monthly from R2,414.63 to R2,564.33; weekly from R557.26 to R591.81 and hourly from R11.60 to R12.32. The monthly salaries of other unspecified employees working in the sector will increase from R2,112 to R 2,243, with a weekly wage of R517 and R10.78 hourly.
- Read this report in full at Business Report
- See too, SA taxi drivers get a pay rise under new minimum wage, at BusinessTech
- Download the relevant Gazette with the schedule of new wages at DOL online
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