Ordinary Hours

wagesmart will guide you step-by-step when determining your employees working hours.

1. An employer may not require or permit a farm worker to work more than -

1. 45 hours in any week4; and
2. nine hours on any day if the farm worker works for five days or less in a week; or
3. eight hours in any day if the farm worker works for more than five days in any week.

(Where an ‘emergency’ situation such as a veld-fire or the outbreak of a disease among livestock persists, it will be reasonable to expect the employer to rotate work or to obtain additional temporary workers to assist to deal with the emergency.) (A farm worker who is under 18 years of age may not work more than 35 hours in any week.)