Section 48, The Employment Act, 2023

(1) Wages shall be paid in legal tender to a worker entitledthereto. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), an employer may, with the prior written agreement of the worker, pay wages by bank cheque or by direct payment to the worker’s account. (3) A worker shall not be entitled to receive wages in respect of a period when he is absent from work without authorisation or good cause. (4) For the purposes of subsection (2), in the case of a worker who has completed at least 3 months continuous service with his employer, the following shall constitute absence with good cause- (a) the occurrence of force majeure preventing the worker from reaching his place of work or from working; (b) a summons to attend a court of law or any other public authority having power to compel attendance; Employer to keep record of wages and other particulars of Insolvency of employer. Employer to provide work. Entitlement to wages. 32 33 (c) the death of a member of a worker’s immediate family or dependent relative, subject to a maximum of 2 days absence on any one occasion and a maximum of 8 days in any one calendar year; (d) sickness of the worker or his dependents. (5) Subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (4), a worker has an obligation to inform the employer of his absence or intended absence from work within 24 hours. (6) A worker who has completed at least 3 months continuous service and is absent from work on account of one of the situations specified in subsection (4) shall be entitled to receive wages as though he had not been absent from work and had fully performed his duties under the contract of employment throughout the absence and his wages shall not, by reason of the absence, be subject to any deduction.