Sectoral Determination 9: Wholesale and Retail Sector, South Africa
Part B : Wages
3. Application of Minimum Wages to New Employers

 

 

1)        Despite clause 2, for two years after the commencement of this determination, a newly established employer must pay employees a minimum wage of at least 90% of the applicable minimum wage in Tables 1 to 3.

 

2)        For the purposes of this clause, a ‘newly established employer’

a)        means any employer that –

i)          commenced business after 1 February 2001, and

ii)         has not been in operation for longer than two years; and

b)        does not include any employer established as a result of –

i)          the division, sale or transfer of the whole or part of any existing employer;

ii)         the outsourcing or sub-contracting of the whole or part of any existing business or service.

 

3)        This clause does not apply to employers covered by clause 2 (6).