Deadlines · OSH Code
Paying contract labour when the contractor does not
- When wages are paid: within 15 days
- Principal employer
What to do
If the contractor fails to pay the contract labour within seven days of the end of the wage period, pay the wages in full, or the unpaid balance, and recover the amount from the contractor rule 98(8) s. 55(3).
Who it applies to
Establishments in which fifty or more contract labour are employed, or were employed on any day of the preceding twelve months, through contract, and manpower supply contractors who have employed fifty or more contract labour on any such day s. 45(1).
In the checklist: Contract labour (OSH Code Chapter XI, Part I).
When
Within fifteen days rule 98(8).
How
You may recover it by deduction from any amount payable to the contractor, as a debt payable by the contractor, or from the security deposit you hold rule 98(8).
Settle the contractor’s bills for the contract labour’s dues within the timeline agreed with the contractor rule 98(3).