⚡ Quick answer South African overtime rules under the BCEA: ordinary hours cap at 45 per week (9 a day on a 5-day week, 8 on a 6-day week); overtime is voluntary by agreement, capped at 3 hours a day and 10 hours a week, and paid at 1.5 times the normal rate — or time off by agreement. Sunday work pays double (or 1.5x if Sunday is a regular working day). Employees earning above the BCEA earnings threshold are excluded from the overtime provisions, and senior managers are excluded regardless. Few BCEA topics generate more payroll errors than overtime rules — who qualifies, what it pays, and the persistent…