BCEA Earnings Threshold Update – 1 May 2026
The Minister of Employment and Labour has published a new earnings threshold in terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA). New threshold: R269,600.90 per annum (approx R22 466 per month) What this means: Employees earning ABOVE this threshold are excluded from certain provisions of the BCEA, specifically those regulating: Ordinary hours of work Overtime […]
Increased Earnings Threshold 2024 – Now R21 200 per month
The earnings threshold in terms of Section 6 (3) of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, No. 75 of 1997 (BCEA) is amended from time to time. Employees earning below this threshold enjoy certain protections under the BCEA. Employees earning above the threshold are excluded from the application of the following sections of the BCEA: […]