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Wages Protection Act 1983

9: Agreement as to manner of payment of wages

You could also call this:

"How you can agree with your employer on how to get your pay"

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You can agree with your employer on how you want to get paid. Your employer can pay you by postal order, money order, a special kind of cheque, or by putting the money directly into your bank account. This can happen if you give your employer written permission or if you ask them in writing.

You can change your mind about how you want to get paid by telling your employer in writing. Your employer will then start paying you in cash or in the new way you have chosen. They should do this within two weeks if possible, or as soon as they can.

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9Agreement as to manner of payment of wages

  1. An employer may,—

  2. with the written consent of a worker; or
    1. on the written request of a worker,—
        1. pay to that worker by postal order, money order, specified cheque, or lodgement at a financial institution to the credit of an account standing in the name of that worker or in the name of that worker and some other person or persons jointly, any wages that have become payable to that worker.

      1. A worker may vary or withdraw a consent given or request made by that worker under subsection (1) by giving the employer written notice to that effect; and in that case, that employer shall—

      2. within 2 weeks of receiving that notice, if practicable; and
        1. as soon as is practicable, in every other case,—
            1. commence paying that worker in money, or in some other manner in accordance with subsection (1).

          Compare
          • 1964 No 58 ss 6, 9