The Code on Wages, 2019
Section 15. Mode of payment of wages
In simple words
- Wages must be paid in coin or currency notes, by cheque, by credit to the employee’s bank account, or electronically s. 15.
- The appropriate Government may, by notification, require particular establishments to pay only by cheque or bank credit s. 15, proviso.
An explanation, not the law. The official text below prevails.
Official text
All wages shall be paid in current coin or currency notes or by cheque or by crediting the wages in the bank account of the employee or by the electronic mode:
Provided that the appropriate Government may, by notification, specify the industrial or other establishment, the employer of which shall pay to every person employed in such industrial or other establishment, the wages only by cheque or by crediting the wages in his bank account.