Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has finally appointed the 13-member National Minimum Wage Commission following a tussle over candidates that delayed the implementation of the law in 2018. A Business Day report notes the National Minimum Wage Act establishes the commission that will, among other functions, review the national minimum wage and recommend its adjustment annually, investigate and report on the effect of the regime. However, disagreement between Nedlac constituencies, the government, labour and business over the composition of the commission dragged on even after the law came into effect on 1 January. The commission will encompass responsibilities of the Employment Conditions Commission (ECC) that advises the Minister on sectoral determinations and other issues arising out of the application of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. Each Nedlac constituency has to nominate three commissioners, while the Minister has the final say over the chair and three independent experts. It will be chaired by Professor Adriaan van der Walt, a labour law academic at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth. Other appointees include Global Business Solutions CEO Jonathan Goldberg and Nedbank HR executive Kaizer Moyane. Wits University’s Professor Imraan Valodia; senior economist at Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies Dr Neva Makgetla; and associate professor of sociology at Wits University Sarah Mosoetsa were appointed as experts. Cosatu deputy general secretary Solly Phetoe also sits on the commission.