Employment and Labour Minister T.W Nxesi is to launch a new hotline that will allow workers to report cases of non-compliance with the national minimum wage (NMW) without any cost to them.
The launch of the NMW Impimpa hotline with one of the county’s leading cellular providers will provide a messaging interaction mechanism for end-users (workers) to allow them to report cases of non-compliance with the national minimum wage without any cost.
The launch of the NMW Impimpa hotline also coincides with the latest review of the national minimum wage rates which have been published on the 17th February 2020. The new NMW has increased from R20.00 per hour to R20.76 per hour, and the rate came into effect on 1 March 2020.
The NMW Impimpa hotline will provide an effective monitoring and enforcement system. Its launch is seen as vital to the success of this significant policy intervention (NMW). The Department is launching the Impimpa hotline as a mechanism to ensure that employers are complying with the Act and are held accountable if they are found to be non-complying.
The media briefing to launch the NMW Impimpa hotline will be as follows:
Venue: Ronnie Mamoepa Media Centre, Tshedimosetso House, Cnr Francis Baard & Festival streets, Hatfield, Pretoria
Date: 5 March 2020
Time: 8h30 - 9h30
NB: There will be a video link-up to the GCIS Imbizo Media Centre, 120 Plein Street, Parliament, Cape Town.
For enquiries contact:
Sabelo Mali
Media Liaison Officer: Ministry of Employment and Labour
Cell: 082 729 5804
