Section 21: Payment of remuneration

21. Payment of remuneration (1) Every employer shall pay remuneration to a worker at monthly intervals, unless the parties agree to payment at shorter intervals. (2) Every employer shall pay remuneration directly to every worker— (a) in legal tender only, unless there is an agreement for payment by cheque or into the worker’s bank account; (b) during working hours at the place of work, when paid in legal tender or by cheque; and (c) not later than the last working day of the pay period. (3) Every employer shall— (a) issue to every worker, at the time of paying remuneration, with a payslip in the form specified in the Fourth Schedule; and (b) cause every worker, to whom remuneration is paid in legal tender or by cheque, to sign or affix his thumbprint to a remuneration book, stating the particulars of the remuneration paid. E9B – 13 [Issue 6] Employment Rights Act (4) No employer shall, in respect of the payment of remuneration— (a) restrict, by agreement or otherwise, the freedom of a worker to determine where and how his remuneration is to be spent; and (b) pay, require or permit remuneration to be paid in a shop, or cause or allow the owner of the shop or his representative or any person employed by him, to pay remuneration due to the worker, unless the worker is employed therein.