Employment Act 1968 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Payment of Salary
22. Payment on dismissal
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An employee who is dismissed must be paid their total salary and any sum due on the day of dismissal. If that is not possible, they must be paid within 3 days after that day, not counting any rest day, public holiday or other holiday. This rule is subject to the provisions of the Employment Act.
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Last amended by an amending law of 2008.
Subject to the provisions of this Act, the total salary and any sum due to an employee who has been dismissed must be paid on the day of dismissal or, if this is not possible, within 3 days thereafter, not being a rest day or public holiday or other holiday.
salary
“salary” means all remuneration including allowances payable to an employee in respect of work done under his or her contract of service, but does not include —(a)the value of any house accommodation, supply of electricity, water, medical attendance, or other amenity, or of any service excluded by general or special order of the Minister published in the Gazette;(b)any contribution paid by the employer on his or her own account to any pension fund or provident fund;(c)any travelling allowance or the value of any travelling concession;(d)any sum paid to the employee to reimburse him or her for special expenses incurred by him or her in the course of his or her employment;(e)any gratuity payable on discharge or retirement; and(f)any retrenchment benefit payable on retrenchment;