Wages Protection Act 1983

10: Payment where worker absent

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"Getting paid when you're not at work"

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If you are a worker who is away from the place where you usually get your wages, your employer can still pay you. They can pay you by postal order, money order, or a special kind of cheque. Your employer can use one of these methods to pay you when you are not at the usual place to get your wages.

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10Payment where worker absent

  1. Where any wages become payable to a worker who is for the time being absent from the proper or usual place for their payment, that worker's employer may pay them to that worker by postal order, money order, or specified cheque.

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