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Collected on 28 July 2026
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Reporting non-compliance via social partners
Workers, unions, and social partners are encouraged to report instances of non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage to the Department of Labour.
In any workplace, we expect that workers and unions would inform the Department of Labour wherever there are [instances of] non-compliance with the law.
Reference
https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/labour-outlines-plan-enforce-minimum-wage-compliance
Employer undertaking to comply with minimum wage
Employers can avoid a formal compliance order by providing a written undertaking to comply with the National Minimum Wage.
One, the inspector does not have to issue a compliance order if the employer issues an undertaking to comply.
Compliance monitoring through blitz inspections
The Department of Labour will conduct targeted 'blitz inspections' in areas known for non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage to identify and address violations.
The third element is that besides the proactive inspections we have on a daily basis, we have what we call blitz inspections – where we target areas that are notorious with non-compliance and we visit those work places and comb out those workplaces.
Handling of compliance orders by CCMA
If an employer does not provide an undertaking to comply, the compliance order will be processed by the CCMA instead of the Labour Court, and will carry the same legal weight.
That compliance order does not have to go to the labour court anymore. [It] will go to the CMMA where the CMMA will issue a compliance order that will carry the same weight as that of the Labour Court.
