Payment of wages: employers must meet specified periodic deadlines and pay departing employees within two working days. The statute requires employers to pay wages according to pay-period: daily at end of shift; weekly on last working day before the weekly holiday; fortnightly before the second day after the fortnight; monthly before the seventh day of the succeeding month. Wages due on removal, dismissal, retrenchment, resignation or closure must be paid within two working days. The appropriate government may prescribe other reasonable time limits, and these provisions do not affect any time limits in other laws.
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Payment of wages: employers must meet specified periodic deadlines and pay departing employees within two working days.
The statute requires employers to pay wages according to pay-period: daily at end of shift; weekly on last working day before the weekly holiday; fortnightly before the second day after the fortnight; monthly before the seventh day of the succeeding month. Wages due on removal, dismissal, retrenchment, resignation or closure must be paid within two working days. The appropriate government may prescribe other reasonable time limits, and these provisions do not affect any time limits in other laws.
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