Low Wage to South African Workers

Running head: LOW WAGE TO SOUTH AFRICAN WORKERS
Low Wage to South African Workers
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LOW WAGE TO SOUTH AFRICAN WORKERS
Introduction:
The human resource policies have great implications on the employees and the
organisations altogether (Bamberger, Meshoulam and Biron 2014). The paper would deal it one
such failed HR policy which inflicted damage to the manpower in South Africa. The
multinational companies operating in the country exploit their South African employees by
paying less compensation compared to employees in the other overseas subsidiaries. The
researcher would point that failure in HR policies to benefit the employees does not only hit the
latter but also proves fatal for the organisations in the long run.
Discussion:
The multinational companies undoubtedly create employment opportunities in South
Africa but practice an HR policy which is antagonistic to the welfare of the South African
workers. The policy of paying low wages to the South African employees is one of the most
devastating and unjust human resources policies the multinational companies follow while
utilizing the human resource of the country (oecdobserver.org 2018). De Vito et al. (2018)
mentions that this low wage have several detrimental impacts on the employees. First, low wages
have negative effects on the morale of the employees and ultimately eats into their performances.
Secondly, the outcome of these two effects (low performance and motivation) results in conflict
between management and employees. An analysis of the situation would show that this renders
the entire human resource policies ineffective. The business organization aim to align their
human resources with the organizational goals and pay them legitimate salaries. These
companies officially profess high degree of organizational culture. However, this practice of
payment of low salary to their South African employees compared to their foreign counterpart
actually jeopardizes the entire organizational image and culture.