Skip to Main Content
 
 

Title_of_text

Wage Act 1957 (No. 5 of 1957)[as amended through Transfer of Powers and Duties of the State President Act, No. 97 of 1986]

Main Region

First Region

South Africa
Migrant workers; Wages
1957
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Consolidates and amends the law relating to the establishment of a wage board, the determination of terms and conditions of employment and other incidental matters. Does not apply to, inter alia, employment in farming or in domestic service in private households, public servants, or to employees within the public educational system. The Act is applicable to migrant workers. Updates available in: South African Labour Law, eds. Clive Thompson, Paul Benjamin (Kenwyn: Juta & Co.).

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    1957-08-15
    Initial Act

Amending Text region

Repealing Text region

Serial region

    Serial title
    Statutes of the Republic of South Africa
    Volume
    Vol. 10
    Page range
    pp. 641-683