Yes. Weekly pay is completely legal and common, particularly for hourly, casual and shift-based roles like retail, hospitality, security and construction.
SARS tax tables are structured around annual and monthly figures, so weekly PAYE is calculated by annualising the weekly earnings (weekly pay × 52), applying the tax table, then de-annualising back down to a weekly deduction. Payroll software handles this conversion automatically — doing it by hand each week is where manual payroll tends to go wrong.
Changing an employee's pay frequency requires their agreement, since it's a change to a term of employment. It's worth communicating clearly — moving from weekly to monthly pay is a big cash-flow change for an employee used to weekly income.
Yes. Weekly pay is fully permitted under the BCEA and is common for hourly, casual and shift-based workers. The frequency must be agreed and stated in the employment contract.
It can take more processing time than monthly pay, which is where payroll software's automation helps most.
Yes — a compliant payslip must be issued for every pay period, not just monthly.
TSS Payroll calculates PAYE, UIF and payslips correctly for weekly, fortnightly and monthly pay cycles.
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