Basic Guide to Pay Slips

Application

The Basic Conditions of Employment Act applies to all employers and workers, but not -

• members of the -
  • National Defence Force,
  • National Intelligence Agency, or
  • South African Secret Service; or
• unpaid volunteers working for charity.

The section of the Act that regulate working hours does not apply to:

• workers in senior management
• sales staff who travel and regulate their own working hours
• workers who work less than 24 hours in a month
• workers who earn more than R115 572 per year
• workers engaged in emergency work are excluded from certain provisions.

See

• Basic Conditions of Employment Act

  Applies to all employers and workers and regulates leave, working hours, employment contracts, deductions, pay slips, and termination

Contents of Pay Slips

• Employer’s name and address
• Worker’s name and occupation
• Period for which payment is made
• Total salary or wages
• Any deductions
• The actual amount paid
• If relevant to the calculation of pay:
  • Employee’s pay and overtime rates
  • Number of ordinary and overtime hours worked
  • Number of hours worked on a Sunday or public holiday
  • The total number of ordinary and overtime hours worked in the period of averaging, if a collective agreement to average working time has been concluded
    

Based on Legislation in Section 23, of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act

Related Links

• Basic Guide to Collective Agreements

  The Labour Relations Act provides for agreements that alter conditions of employment

• Basic Guide to Deductions

  The Basic Conditions of Employment Act allows for deductions from a worker’s pay only under certain conditions.

• Basic Guide to Overtime

  The Basic Conditions of Employment regulates overtime working hours and pay for such hours.

• Basic Guide to Pay Slips

  The Basic Conditions of Employment Act stipulates that employers must give workers certain details each time they are paid.

• Basic Guide to Public Holidays

  The Basic Conditions of Employment stipulates the conditions for working on Public Holidays for workers.

• Basic Guide to Working Hours

  The Basic Conditions of Employment Act regulates working hours and rest periods for workers.

• Basic Guide to Working on Sundays

  The Basic Conditions of Employment prescribes the wages for working on a Sunday.

• Form BCEA4 - Pay Slip

  Employers must give their workers pay slips so they can keep record of their pay details.