- (c) any other sum due to the employee in respect of his contract of employment.
(3) In addition to any deductions which may be made under section 21, and subject to any order made by a court, an employer may deduct from any sum payable to the employee under sub- section (1), such sum as the employee is liable to pay under section 6.
Manner and place of payment of wages. 16. (1) Subject to this Ordinance, wages shall be paid on a working day directly to an employee in legal tender at his place of employment or at any office or other place customarily used by the employer for the purpose of payment of wages or at any other place mutually agreed.
(2) With the consent of an employee wages may be paid—
- (a) by cheque, money order or postal order;
- (b) into an account in his name with any bank licensed under the (Cap. 155.)Banking Ordinance; or
- (c) to his duly appointed agent.
Payment not to be made in certain places. 17. Wages, or any sum due to an employee in respect of his contract of employment on the completion or termination thereof, shall not be paid—
- (a) in any place of amusement;
- (b) in any place where totalizator or pari-mutuel betting is conducted or where cash-sweeps are organized as authorized under the (Cap. 108.)Betting Duty Ordinance;
- (c) in any place where intoxicating liquor or any dangerous drug is sold; or
- (d) in any shop or store for the retail sale of merchandise,
except where the employee is employed in such place, shop or store.
Remuneration other than wages. 18. (1) A contract of employment may provide for giving to an employee food, accommodation or other allowances or privileges in addition to wages as remuneration for his services.
(2) No employer shall give to an employee any intoxicating liquor, dangerous drug, or any ticket or other substitute for ticket for any cash-sweep, totalizator or pari-mutuel authorized under the (Cap. 108.)Betting Duty Ordinance as remuneration for his services.
Prohibition of agreements as to manner of spending. 19. No employer shall in any contract of employment or agreement in consideration of a contract of employment make any provision as to the place at which, the manner in which, or the person with whom, wages paid to an employee are to be expended.
