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

Sectoral Determinations

Sectoral Determination 2 : Civil Engineering Sector, South Africa

4. Calculation of wages

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(1)The wage of an employee shall be calculated as set out hereunder—
(a)the hourly wage of an employee shall be the weekly wage divided by the number of ordinary hours of work prescribed for such employee in any week;
(b)the daily wage of an employee shall be the hourly wage multiplied by—
(i)nine, in the case of an employee who works a five-day week;
(ii)seven and half, in the case of any other employee;
(c)the weekly wage of an employee shall be the hourly wage multiplied by the number of ordinary hours of work prescribed for such employee in any week;
(d)the monthly wage of an employee shall be four and a third times the weekly wage.