Deadlines · Code on Wages
Paying wages on time
- Every wage period
- Employer
- Set by the Code itself; the Central Rules add nothing on this
What to do
Pay wages by the deadline for the wage period: daily wages at the end of the shift; weekly wages on the last working day of the week, before the weekly holiday; fortnightly wages before the end of the second day after the end of the fortnight; and monthly wages before the expiry of the seventh day of the succeeding month s. 17(1).
Who it applies to
Every employer s. 17(1).
When
Every wage period, and no wage period may be longer than a month s. 16.
How
Pay in coin or currency notes, by cheque, by credit to the employee’s bank account, or electronically s. 15.