Basic Conditions of Employment Act, No. 75 of 1997
With effect from 1 July 2011 the earnings threshold for the purposes of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, No. 75 of 1997 (“the BCEA”) will be increased from R149,736 per annum to R172,000 per annum. (The definition of “earnings” include an employee’s “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:
