Nujoma announces N.dollars 18.00 per hour National Minimum Wage

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2024-10-17

WALVIS BAY, 23 May 2024 - Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation Uutoni Nujoma addressing hundreds of dissatisfied fishermen who were re-employed through the Government Redress Programme. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 17 OCT (NAMPA) - Minister of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation, Utoni Nujoma, announced the implementation of a National Minimum Wage (NMW) of N.dollars 18.00 per hour, starting 01 January 2025.
This wage applies to all Namibian workers, except domestic and agricultural workers, whose wages will be increased gradually over three years.
Domestic workers will receive N.dollars 12.00 per hour in 2025, N.dollars 15.00 i...

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