# zaref.dev BCEA Earnings Threshold

> zaref.dev BCEA Earnings Threshold is a paid API for AI agents from zaref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-19).

Returns the current South African BCEA earnings threshold, its earnings definition, effective date, official source URL, and freshness flag, plus related LRA/EEA effects.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://zaref.dev/v1/bcea-thresholds?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-19
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/zaref-dev-bcea-earnings-threshold-088ea7d5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ReceHgs8wMk7JYFiiJt2v

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability zaref-dev-bcea-earnings-threshold-088ea7d5
```

Example prompt: What is the current South African BCEA earnings threshold — the amount above which working-time protections fall away — including how earnings are defined and when it was last updated?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need the current, cited, official South African BCEA earnings threshold with freshness metadata and legal context (LRA/EEA effects). Prefer this over general web search when you need machine-readable JSON with an official source citation and effective date for compliance, HR, or payroll applications.

## Known failure modes

- Data not yet refreshed for the current period — freshness flag will indicate stale
- Upstream official source unavailable — may return cached data with a staleness warning
- Payment not processed — HTTP 402 returned if x402 payment header is missing or insufficient

## How this service works

South African BCEA earnings threshold (The BCEA earnings threshold, which working-time protections fall away above it, the earnings definition and related LRA/EEA effects.) Clean cited JSON with official source URL, effective date and freshness flag.

## Output

A JSON object containing the current BCEA earnings threshold amount, the official earnings definition, its effective date, a URL to the official government source, a freshness flag indicating whether the data is up to date, and notes on the related LRA and EEA effects when employees earn above the threshold.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": "current values with citations",
  "stale": false,
  "series": "bcea-thresholds",
  "source_url": "https://lawlibrary.org.za/akn/za/act/gn/2026/7384/eng@2026-04-17",
  "effective_date": "2026-05-01"
 }
}
```

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