Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act No. 75 of 1997)Chapter Four : Particulars of employment and remuneration33. Information about remuneration |
(1) | An employer must give an employee the following information in writing on each day the employee is paid: |
(a) | The employer's name and address; |
(b) | the employee's name and occupation; |
(c) | the period for which the payment is made; |
(d) | the employee's remuneration in money; |
(e) | the amount and purpose of any deduction made from the remuneration; |
(f) | the actual amount paid to the employee; and |
(g) | if relevant to the calculation of that employee's remuneration— |
(i) | the employee's rate of remuneration and overtime rate; |
(ii) | the number of ordinary and overtime hours worked by the employee during the period for which the payment is made; |
(iii) | the number of hours worked by the employee on a Sunday or public holiday during that period; and |
(iv) | if an agreement to average working time has been concluded in terms of section 12, the total number of ordinary and overtime hours worked by the employee in the period of averaging. |
(2) | The written information required in terms of subsection (1) must be given to each employee— |
(a) | at the workplace or at a place agreed to by the employee; and |
(b) | during the employee's ordinary working hours or within 15 minutes of the commencement or conclusion of those hours. |