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People Earning Above a Certain Amount

If a person is earning a gross salary of more than R224 080 per year (or R18 673 per month) then the following sections of the BCEA will not apply to them:

  • Section 9: limitations on ordinary hours of work
  • Section 10: overtime work and payment
  • Section 11: compressed working week
  • Section 12: averaging of hours of work
  • Section 14: provision of meal intervals
  • Section 15: daily and weekly rest period
  • Section 16: pay for work on Sundays
  • Section 17: night work
  • Section 18(3): Public holidays (where an employee may work on a public holiday on which he/she would not have ordinarily worked)

(See: Summary of Provisions in the BCEA)

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