Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452)
Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452), article 22
22. (1) Every employer shall pay or cause to be paid wages to
his employees at regular intervals which shall not exceed four
weeks in arrears:
Provided that the provisions of this sub-article shall not
apply where an agreemen t is entered into between an employer or
employers or organisations of em ployers on the one hand and tra de
union representatives of the em ployees concerned on the other,
fixing other intervals for the payment of wages.
(2) On termination of a con tract of service all wages
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outstanding and any compensation payable to the employee for
leave entitlement unavailed of, shall be paid by the date of th e next
pay day determined under sub-article (1) as if the contract had not
been terminated.
(3) A settlement of accounts shall be made at least once a year
by the employer in respect of em ployees whose wages consist of a
share of profits or of a commission on sales or payments made o r
received by the employer.
Payment of bonus.
Substituted by:
XVI. 2012.4.
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