Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act No. 75 of 1997)

Ministerial Determinations

Ministerial Determination 1: Small Business

2. Overtime

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(1)Despite section 10(1)(b)(ii), an employer may not require or permit an employee to work more than fifteen hours overtime a week.

 

(2)Despite section 10(2), an employer must pay an employee—
(a)at least one and one third times the employee’s wage for the first ten hours of overtime worked in any week;
(b)at least one and one half times the employee’s wage for any overtime in excess of ten hours worked in a week.