Employment and Industrial Relations Act (Cap. 452), article 23

23. (1) Every employer shall pay, or cause to be paid, to each of his whole-time employees such statutory bonuses in the amoun t as may either be established by legal notice issued by the Mini ster of Finance by virtue of this article or as the Government may announce in the General Estim ates of any particular year: Provided that such statutory bonuses shall be paid between the 15 th and the 30 th day of the month of June and between the 15th and 23 rd day of the month of Decem ber of each year and shall be in the form of a sum of money which, in either case, shall n ot be less than one-half of that which the Government shall have announced in the general estimates of any particular year as payable by the Government to each of its employees during that year: Provided further that the empl oyer shall also pay, or cause to be paid, to each of his whole-time employees any income supplements in the amount and at the times as may be established by legal notice issued by the Minister of Finance by virtue of this article: Provided further that, where any person has been in whole- time employment with any particu lar employer for a period of le ss than a year, such employee shall be entitled to receive from hi s employer, or from any of his employers, a proportionate amount of the bonus or income supplement and for the purposes of this art icle, the pro rata calculation shall be made on the basis of the annu al hours worked: Cap. 594. Provided finally that this artic le shall also apply to apprenti ces in a manner as may be specifie d in any applicable scheme under the Employment and Training Services Act . Whole-time employees with reduced hours.