Can employers delay or short-pay salaries
Early Breakfast with Africa Melane · 4 June 2026 · 9m
Speaker 1: First Monday to Friday four in six am on seven o two and Kate Talk. Speaker 2: Late salary payments are becoming grain concern for many South African workers, and this raises Speaker 2: agent questions about employer obligations and employee rights under labor law and libor law specialist Speaker 2: Michael but Graham joins us to help us unpack the law. What the law says Speaker 2: about delayed salaries as some who are waking for entrepreneurs, small companies, or even big Speaker 2: companies at times experienced delays are not being paid at all. If you're one of Speaker 2: those, just listen closely or simply give us a shout and speak to my guest Speaker 2: who is joining us right now. Michael, thanks for your time. Welcome to Cape Talk Speaker 2: seven o two. Good morning, good. Speaker 1: Morning, I thank you for having me on air. This morning was brisk morning. Maybe Speaker 1: I need a cold. Speaker 2: I spot you and I both by the You and I both. We received calls Speaker 2: from listeners reporting that the employers often pay them late and at times they don't Speaker 2: even get their sealaries at all, and or they're paid a portion of their wages. Speaker 2: What does South African labor laws say about situations such as these? Speaker 1: Well, of course, what we do is we go back to the Basic Conditions of Speaker 1: Employment Act. That is a very basis. It's the flaw of all employee rights and Speaker 1: employer duties. And if you go to section city two, the talk about the paymental Speaker 1: remuneration. It has to be paid weekly, daily, fortnightly or month. It depends when your…
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