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NEO Compliance Engine · South Africa

Live monitoring of statutory employment and payroll rules for South Africa. Every data point traceable to an authoritative source.

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📋 Compliance Policies

Statutory employment rules NEO tracks for this jurisdiction — minimum wages, leave entitlements, notice periods, working hours. Every data point is verified against authoritative references.

Compensation

Statutory minimum wages and pay floors.

  • Hourly minimum compensation 28.79 —
  • Hourly minimum compensation · currency ZAR —
  • Annual minimum compensation 59878.56 —
  • Annual minimum compensation · currency ZAR —
  • Annual minimum compensation · period year —

Leave entitlements

Paid time off, sick leave, and public holidays.

  • Public holidays 12 holidays observed —
    DateHoliday
    Jan 1, 2026New Year's Day
    Mar 21, 2026Human Rights Day
    Apr 3, 2026Good Friday
    Apr 6, 2026Family Day
    Apr 27, 2026Freedom Day
    May 1, 2026Workers' Day
    Jun 16, 2026Youth Day
    Aug 10, 2026National Women's Day
    Sep 24, 2026Heritage Day
    Dec 16, 2026Day of Reconciliation
    Dec 25, 2026Christmas Day
    Dec 26, 2026Day of Goodwill
  • Paid time off · accrual 21 —
  • Paid time off · accrual rate month —
  • Sick leave · accrual 30 —
  • Sick leave · accrual rate year —
  • Sick leave · employer pays — —
  • Sick leave · government pays — —
  • Sick leave · medical certificate required 1 —

Employment terms

Notice periods, probation, standard working hours.

  • Notice period · maximum — —
  • Notice period 7 —
  • Notice period · during probation 7 —
  • Probation period · maximum 180 —
  • Probation period 0 —
  • Standard work hours · hours 45 —
  • Standard work hours · rate week —

💰 Payroll Tax

Statutory payroll contributions — totals and per-program rates for both employer and employee.

Employer total burden

Sum of all employer-side contributions, by jurisdiction.

  • Employer total tax burden — —

Employee total burden

Sum of all employee-side contributions, by jurisdiction.

  • Employee total tax burden — —

Income tax brackets

Progressive personal income tax tiers and rates.

  • Income tax — Resident 7 tiers · 18% → 45% —
    TierIncome rangeRate
    11 — 237,10018%
    2237,100 — 370,50026%
    3370,500 — 512,80031%
    4512,800 — 673,00036%
    5673,000 — 857,90039%
    6857,900 — 1,817,00041%
    71,817,000+45%

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