SECTION 68

(1) Save in the case of trades and occupations where the established custom is to provided for a different frequency of payment, which trades and occupations shall be specified by an order of the minister in charge of labour issued after consultation with the National Labour Advisory Board, wages shall be paid at regular intervals not exceeding one month. However, workers may, at their request, receive at the end of fifteen days a payment on account equal to half the monthly amount of their basic remuneration and in such case the balance due to them shall be settled at the time of the following payment. (2) Monthly payments shall be made not later than eight days following the end of the month of employment in respect of which the wages are dues. (3) Upon the termination of the contract of employment, a final settlement of all wages and allowances shall be effected as soon as the employment ceases. However, in disputed cases the employer may obtain authorization form the President of the competent court to retain provisionally all or part or any attachable portion of the amount payable. (4) Workers absent on pay day shall be entitled to draw their wages during the normal hours of opening of the pay office in accordance with the the internal regulations of the enterprise. (5) Wages shall be paid on working days only at or near the work-place. Wages may not be paid in a public house or in a shop or store except in the case of workers who are normally employed there.