Cashless wages
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A CONSULTATIVE docume asking for views on updatil the law on the payment wages has been issued by Ei ployment Secretary Normi Tebbit.
The document offers number of ways in which t existing legislation, dating ba to Truck Acts in the early 1.ci century, could be changed meet modern requirements al the Department wants al submissions by June 7.
The Truck Acts protected el ployees from being paid goods. Twenty years ago a port was made on the confusi it was creating and so a reco mendation for new laws IA made.
Since that time, the wic spread movement to cashlf pay has underlined the need effective reform of the leg lation, Mr Tebbit said.
"There is general agreerni that cashless pay brings imp tant benefits," Mr Tebbit sa "Employers gain from reduc costs — most estimates sugg that switching to cashless r cuts costs by about £30 a pers a year."
Employees benefit from I reduced risk of theft or loss fn pay packets, Mr Tebbit added.
The Truck legislation gh manual workers a statutory rii to be paid in cash.