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Fair remuneration and sustainable incomes

          1. The Business shall observe a principle of fair remuneration that is sufficient enough to enable workers and their households to secure a sustainable income and living wage so as to meet basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter, education and to have money left over for discretionary spending.
          2. The Business can demonstrate that they have an understanding of the workforce’s cost of living and quality of life within regional contexts and supply chains. Wages and benefits paid must meet, at a minimum, the National Minimum Wages set by the National Minimum Wage Act.
          3. The Business shall compensate workers for overtime, benefits and leave in accordance with the national legal standards set by the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, Sectoral Determination for Farmworkers, or industry benchmark standards, whichever is highest.
          4. The Business shall remunerate workers in accordance with the principle of equal pay for equal and equally valued work.
          5. Workers shall be provided with written and understandable payslips, which include the clear documentation of gross wages, all deductions made and net wages.
          6. Provision shall be made for the payment of UIF and other statutory deductions.
          7. Deductions shall not be made in respect of protective clothing, farm equipment or other items essential to the performance of workers’ tasks.
          8. Where farm shops exist, the Business shall ensure that they are run in an open and transparent fashion and shall ensure that workers are not overly indebted to, and therefore reliant upon, this shop or any other system whereby deductions are made for groceries or household provisions acquired on behalf of the worker.
          9. The Business shall not provide alcohol as payment, part of payment or as a voluntary consideration that can be taken in lieu of an equivalent portion of their wages.
          10. All other deductions from workers’ wages must be done in line with legislation and there may be no other deductions prohibited by legislation.
References

South African Legislation

Sectoral Determination 13: Farmworkers
BCEA: Overtime: Clause 10
Unemployment Insurance Contributions Act (4 of 2002):Section 6
National Minimum Wage Act 9 of 2018

International Reference

  • ILO 95, Protection of Wages, 1949
  • ILO 131, Minimum Wage Fixing Conventions,1970
  • ILO 100, Equal Remuneration Convention,1951