Leave payout and final pay calculator
Resigning, dismissed or just checking the maths on a final payslip: the BCEA sets exactly what must be paid. Enter your numbers and see the leave payout and notice pay your last payslip must show. No signup, nothing leaves this page.
How this works
Section 40 of the BCEA requires payment for all accrued, untaken annual leave on termination, whatever the reason you leave. A day is valued at roughly your monthly remuneration divided by 21.67, a week at monthly divided by 4.33. Notice is section 37: one week in your first six months, two weeks up to a year, four weeks after a year, and section 38 lets the employer pay you for that period instead of having you work it. Everything here is remuneration, so it is taxed at your normal PAYE rate in the month it is paid. If your employer simply does not pay, the CCMA and the Department of Labour both take unpaid final pay complaints, and a written demand usually resolves it first.
Frequently asked questions
What must be paid out when I resign?
Your final payslip must include salary up to your last day, payment for every day of accrued annual leave you have not taken, and any notice pay owed. Leave payout on termination is section 40 of the BCEA and is not optional.
Can my boss keep my leave money?
No. Accrued statutory annual leave must be paid out on termination whatever the reason for leaving, even dismissal. An employer may deduct only lawful amounts such as agreed loans; withholding leave pay as punishment is unlawful.
How is a leave day converted to money?
One week's remuneration is your monthly pay divided by 4.33, and a working day is roughly monthly pay divided by 21.67. Each accrued leave day is paid at that daily rate as at your last day of work.
Is a leave payout taxed?
Yes. Leave payout and notice pay are ordinary remuneration taxed at your normal PAYE rates in the month paid. Only genuine severance benefits from retrenchment get the special tax table with its R550 000 exempt band.
Retrenched, not resigning?
Severance has its own formula and its own tax break. Calculate it properly.
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UIF calculator →Not being paid out?
A written demand with a deadline is usually what unlocks a final payslip.
Get the letters →Per the Basic Conditions of Employment Act sections 37, 38 and 40; contracts and bargaining councils may set better terms. Free tools are estimates, not legal advice.