The Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant, acting in accordance with S6(3) of the #Basic #Conditions of #Employment Act (#BCEA), increased the annual earnings threshold to R205 433.30 from the previous figure of R193 805.00 on 1 July 2014. The earnings threshold is significant as employees who earn in excess of the threshold (now R17 119.41 gross per month) are excluded from the protection offered by the BCEA in terms of sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17(2) and 18(3). These sections govern respectively limiting ordinary hours of work to 45 hours per week (s9), to payment for any overtime worked in excess of 45 hours (s10), limitations on a compressed working week (s11), provisions which allow for the averaging of a work week (s12), the mandatory provision of a meal interval of not less than 30 minutes for employees who work for longer than 5 hours (s14), provisions which allow for certain mandatory minimum daily and weekly rest periods (s15), an employees entitlement to increased pay for work on Sundays (s16), the payment of a mandatory allowance for employees who engage in night work (s17(2)), and increased pay for employees who work on public holidays.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 12:34:10 +0000
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