Section 3: Paymentofadditionalremuneration

3. Paymentofadditionalremuneration (1) Subject to subsections (4) and (5) and to section 9, every employer shall, as from the appointed date, pay to every employee in his employment, in addition to the actual wage or salary earned by the employee,theadditionalremuneration. (2) Wherethewageorsalaryofanemployeeispaidpartlybyone employer and partly by another, each employer shall pay that part of the additionalremunerationwhichbearsthesameproportiontotheadditional remunerationasthepartofthewageorsalarypaidbyhimbearstothetotal wageorsalary. (3) Whereanemployerhaspaidduringtheperiod1January2013 to31December2013anincreaseinwageorsalary– (a) otherwisethan– (i) byvirtueoftheAdditionalRemuneration(2013) Act2012;or (ii) by way of an increment or increase on promotion;or (b) pursuant to a collective agreement or an award of the EmploymentRelationsTribunal, andsuchincreasewasagreeduponbytheemployee,inwriting,orspecified inthecollectiveagreementoraward,asbeinganincreaseinwageorsalary designed specifically to compensate the employee for an increase in the cost of living in respect of the above-mentioned period, there shall be sufficientcompliancewithsubsection(1),incasesuchincreaseislessthan theadditionalremunerationspecifiedinsubsection(1),iftheemployerpays thedifference. 29_The Additional Remuneration (2014) ACT 12/23/13 9:54 AM Page 666 666 Acts 2013 (4) Subjecttosubsection(6),whereanemployeeisremunerated onapieceratebasisatratesprescribedintheSugarIndustry(Agricultural Workers)(RemunerationOrder)Regulations1983orasagreedupon,such ratesshall,asfromtheappointeddate,beincreasedinthesameproportion astheincreaseofthepaymentoftheadditionalremunerationonthebasic wageprescribedoragreedupon,asthecasemaybe,oftheemployee. (5) Subjecttosubsection(6),whereanemployeeisremunerated onapieceratebasisatratesprescribedin– (a) the Cinema Employees (Remuneration Order) Regulations2005; (b) the Tea Industry Workers (Remuneration Order) Regulations1984;or (c) anyotherenactment, suchratesshall,asfromtheappointeddate,beincreasedby3.7percent. (6) The piece rates prescribed in the enactments specified in subsections(4)and(5)shallincludeanypreviousadditionalremuneration grantedbylaw. (7) Where civil or criminal proceedings are instituted against an employerunderthisActinrelationtoanemployeefirstemployedbyhim onoraftertheappointeddate,itshallbeadefencefortheemployertoprove thatthewageorsalarypaidtotheemployeeisnotlessfavourablethanall thepecuniarypaymentsmadetoanyotheremployeeofthesamegrade.