Cosatu parliamentary co-ordinator Matthew Parks. Picture: SUPPLIED
The NCOP’s select committee on employment and labour is busy processing the National Minimum Wage Amendment Bill, which aims to correct a cross-referencing error that meant there was no retrospective application of the act. Cosatu parliamentary co-ordinator Matthew Parks expressed regret in a presentation to the committee on Tuesday that the bill had not been given priority and was not passed by the previous parliament. He said the mistake in the original bill, which was adopted by parliament, has exposed workers to victimisation.
“The select committee should insert an additional provision into either the National Minimum Wage Act or the Basic Conditions of Employment Act’s section 80 stipulating that the national minimum wage findings of the CCMA are immediately enforceable.