What are Working Hours?
Working time is the period of time that a person spends at paid labor. Unpaid labor such as personal housework or caring for children or pets is not considered part of the working week.
How Many Working Hours In A Day In South Africa?
The maximum normal working time allowed (section 9 BCEA) is 45 hours weekly. This is 9 hours per day (excluding lunch break) if the employee works a five-day week, and 8 hours per day (excluding lunch break) if the employee works more than 5 days per week.
How many hours does the average South African work?
As of the third quarter of 2022, the majority of the employed individuals (around 8.7 million people) in South Africa worked from 40 to 45 hours per week. Some 4.27 million worked over 45 hours weekly, while close to 1. 03 million worked from 15-29 hours per week.
What are the normal working hours per month in South Africa?
To calculate the average working hours of 195 per month we take 52 weeks (total weeks in a year) and multiply it by 45 hours per week. This gives you a total of 2340 hours per year. The total figure is then divided by 12 months to get to 195 hours per month.
Is it legal to work 12 hours a day in South Africa?
Generally, the employee can legally refuse to work more than 45 hours per week at the normal time he can legally refuse to work more than 10 hours per week overtime and he can legally refuse to work more than 12 hours in any one day, consisting of nine hours normal time and three hours overtime.
Is lunch hour paid in South Africa?
The statutory limitation of 45 hours per week means that the employee may not work more than 45 hours per week normal time. What about lunch hours? Lunch break is unpaid time and is the employee’s own time – he/she can read a book, go shopping, do exercise, etc because they are not paid for lunch breaks.