Mar 28, 2025 1 min read

South Africa – BCEA Earning Threshold

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The Minister of Employment and Labour of South Africa published in the Government gazette, Notice 52232, increasing the BCEA earnings threshold from R254 371.67 to R261 748.45 per annum effective from 1 April 2025.

“Earnings” means the regular annual remuneration before deductions i.e income tax, pension, medical and similar payments but excluding similar payments(contributions) made by the employer in respect of the employee: Provided that subsistence and transport allowances received, achievement awards and payments for overtime worked shall not be regarded as remuneration for the purpose of this notice.

All employees earning in excess of threshold are excluded from sections 9 (ordinary hours of work), 10 (overtime), 11 (compressed working week), 12 (averaging of hours of work), 14 (meal intervals), 15 (daily and weekly rest period), 16 (pay for work on Sundays), 17(2) (night work) and 18(3) (public holidays not ordinarily worked) of this Act with effect from 1 April 2025.

Please contact your Mercans’ services delivery team for any additional information regarding the implications of the above change.

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