Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act No. 75 of 1997)Chapter Two : Regulation of working time9. Ordinary hours of work |
| (1) | Subject to this Chapter, an employer may not require or permit an employee to work more than— |
| (a) | 45 hours in any week; and |
| (b) | nine hours in any day if the employee works for five days or fewer in a week; |
| (c) | eight hours in any day if the employee works on more than five days in a week. |
| (2) | An employee's ordinary hours of work in terms of subsection (1) may by agreement be extended by up to 15 minutes in a day but not more than 60 minutes in a week to enable an employee whose duties include serving members of the public to continue performing those duties after the completion of ordinary hours of work. |
| (3) | Schedule 1 establishes procedures for the progressive reduction of the maximum ordinary hours of work to a maximum of 40 ordinary hours of work per week and eight ordinary hours of work per day. |