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Netherlands. €1,934.40 (US$2288) per month, and €11.16 (US$13.2) per hour for persons 21 and older; between 30–80% (as low as €3.35 per hour) of this amount for persons aged 15–20. [173] An additional holiday allowance of 8% of the annual wage is paid in May or June, prorated for the time worked in the year. 24,925.
Minimum wages are the result of bargaining councils in most circumstances, but some professions have no bargaining councils. South Africa enforced the National Minimum Wage Act which sets the foundation for a living wage across South Africa.
The Wages Act (1925) was an act of the Parliament of South Africa which established a Wage Board which fixed minimum wages for workers not covered by industrial councils. [1] It excluded farm labourers, domestic servants, and public servants. White workers were the main beneficiaries of this legislation because it prevented black workers from ...
South America 4600; Europe 2000 (2024) Africa 800 (2024) Asia 550 (2024) ... List of ASEAN countries and subdivisions by minimum wage; List of countries by GDP ...
It is forbidden to employ workers under 18 years of age for arduous, unhealthy, or hazardous work. 14: The working week for young workers between 14 and 16 years of age should not be more than 3 hours per day and 15 hours per week, only in the mother's, father's or legal guardian's company. 16: Young workers aged over 16 but under 18, have the ...
The wages board did not set a universal minimum wage; rather it set basic wages for 6 industries that were considered to pay low wages. [7] First enacted as a four-year experiment, the wages board was renewed in 1900 and made permanent in 1904; by that time it covered 150 different industries. [ 7 ]
Some proposals have included wage subsidies for people being trained, a minimum wage differentiated by age, and extended periods of probation for young workers. [164] In post-Apartheid South Africa, only Asians have made significant strides in closing the income gap with Whites; while Coloured and Black South Africans have had much more muted ...
The Wage Act in 1925 established a minimum wage for white labours, ... In 2017, South Africa spent 8.1% of GDP on health care, or US$499.2 per capita.