Payment of Wages Act, 1979
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Further provisions regarding payment of wages otherwise than in cash. |
4.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, where an employee to whom this section applies is required to work at a place other than his usual place of employment or is absent from work on leave or with the consent of his employer or by reason of illness, an instrument or mode of payment to which section 3 of this Act applies may be used for the payment of the wages of the employee notwithstanding the fact that a document has not been signed in compliance with section 3 (1) of this Act, or the fact that there is not in force for the time being an agreement referred to in the said section 3 (1) and relevant to the particular case, as may be appropriate. | |
(2) (a) An employee to whom this section applies may by giving notice in writing to his employer require the employer, for so long as the employee is either— | ||
(i) required to work at a place other than his usual place of employment, or | ||
(ii) absent from work on leave or with the consent of his employer or by reason of illness, | ||
to pay his wages, or cause them to be paid, to him in cash, and in case a notice under this subsection is for the time being in force, subsection (1) of this section shall not apply in relation to the employee. | ||
(b) A notice under paragraph (a) of this subsection shall remain in force until— | ||
(i) it is withdrawn by a notice in writing given to the employer concerned by the employee concerned, or | ||
(ii) the employee concerned ceases to be employed by the employer concerned. |