Notice, final pay and the minimum-wage check, worked out with the rules that apply from 1 March 2026. Keep the answers — or save them in a folder that can prove them later.
How much notice you owe, and what the last payment has to contain.
That is 28 calendar days. If you tell her today, her last day of employment is 28 days from now — and she must be paid for working or not working through it.
Severance is only payable when the employment ends for operational reasons — the family is moving, the work has genuinely gone. It is not payable when she resigns or is dismissed after a fair hearing.
From 1 March 2026 the national minimum wage for domestic workers is R 30.23 an hour. Enter what you pay and the hours she actually works.
The minimum is per ordinary hour. Overtime is 1.5× that rate, a Sunday is double unless she normally works Sundays, and a public holiday she works is paid at double. Deductions for housing or food are only allowed within the limits the sectoral determination sets.