The section of the Act that regulate working hours does not apply to: workers in senior management. sales staff who travel and regulate their own working hours. workers who work less than 24 hours in a month. workers who earn in excess of an amount stated in terms of section 6 (3) of the Act.
1 The median age of onset for bipolar disorder is 25 years (National Institue of Mental Health), although the illness can start in early childhood or as late as the 40's and 50's.
Among those at risk for the illness, bipolar disorder is appearing at increasingly early ages. This apparent increase in earlier occurrences may be due to under-diagnosis of the disorder in the past. This change in the age of onset may be a result of social and environmental factors that are not yet understood.