"earnings"

means the remuneration as defined in paragraph 1 of the Fourth Schedule to the Income Tax Act, 1962 (Act No. 58 of 1962), but does not include any amount paid or payable to an employee—

(a) by way of any pension, superannuation, allowance or retiring allowance; and
(b) which constitutes an amount contemplated in paragraphs (a), (cA), (d), (e) or (eA) of the definition of ‘gross income’ in section 1 of the Income Tax Act, 1962;

[Definition substituted by section 1(g) of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Amendment Act 10 of 2022, Notice No. 3294, GG48431 dated 17 April 2023]