Section 56, The Employment Act, 2023

(1) An employer shall provide, with each payment of aworker’s wages, an itemised pay statement in writing in simple English which the worker may reasonably be expected to understand, which sets out- (a) the worker’s gross wages due at the end of that particular pay period; (b) the amount of every deduction from the worker’s wages during that pay period and the purpose for which each deduction was made; and (c) the worker’s net wages payable at the end of that pay period. (2) Where an employer fails to provide a pay statement as required under subsection (1) or fails to provide such a statement that is accurate, a worker shall have the right of complaint to the Commissioner or trade union. (3) The Commissioner, acting following a complaint made by a worker under subsection (2), shall - Employer to repay wages wrongfully deducted. Deduction from wages for paying dues to trade union. Employer to provide itemised pay statement. 36 37 (a) issue one or more written statements in lieu of a pay statement which an employer failed to issue; or (b) amend an inaccuracy in a pay statement issued in respect of which a complaint was made. (4) The Commissioner may, in addition to issue one or more written statements in lieu of a pay statement or amending an inaccuracy in a pay statement under subsection (4), order an employer to pay to a worker the aggregate of any deductions made by the employer from the worker’s wages in a manner that was not in accordance with an accurate pay statement. (5) A written statement issued by the Commissioner in lieu of or in amendment of an employer’s pay statement shall for all purposes be regarded as if it had been duly issued by the employer in accordance with subsection (1).