Employees' Social Security Act 1969 · Updated to 1 Oct 2024 · Part II · Insurability and Contributions
7. Principal employer to pay contributions in the first instance
Feedback & supportThe principal employer shall pay in respect of every employee, whether directly employed by him or through an immediate employer, both the employer’s contribution and the employee’s contribution.
Notwithstanding anything contained in any other written law but subject to this Act and the regulations, if any, the principal employer shall, in the case of an employee directly employed by him, be entitled to recover from the employee the employee’s contribution by deduction from his wages and not otherwise:
Provided that no such deduction shall be made from any wages other than such as relate to the period or part of the period in respect of which the contribution is payable, or in excess of the sum representing the employee’s contribution for the period.
Notwithstanding any contract to the contrary, neither the principal employer nor the immediate employer shall be entitled to deduct the employer’s contribution from any wages payable to an employee or otherwise to recover it from him.
Any sum deducted by the principal employer from wages under this Act shall be deemed to have been entrusted to him by the employee for the purpose of paying the contribution in respect of which it was deducted.