Employment Act 1955 · Updated to 1 Aug 2023 · Part III · Payment of Wages
22. Limitation on advances to employees
Feedback & supportNo employer shall during any one month make to an employee an advance or advances of wages not already earned by such employee which exceeds in the aggregate the amount of wages which the employee earned in the preceding month from his employment with such employer, or if he has not been so long in the employment of such employer, the amount which he is likely to earn in such employment during one month, unless such advance is made to the employee—
employer
“employer” means any person who has entered into a contract of service to employ any other person as an employee and includes the agent, manager or factor of such first mentioned person, and the word “employ”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, shall be construed accordingly;
to enable him to purchase a house or to build or improve a house;
to enable him to purchase land;
(Deleted by Act A1419);
to enable him to purchase a motorcar, a motorcycle or a bicycle;
to enable him to purchase shares of the employer’s business offered for sale by the employer;
to enable him to purchase a computer;
to enable him to pay for medical expenses for himself or his immediate family members;
to enable him to pay for daily expenses pending receipt of any periodical payments for temporary disablement under the Employees’ Social Security
Act 1969 [Act 4];
to enable him to pay for educational expenses for himself or his immediate family members;
for any other purpose—
in respect of which an application in writing is made by the employer to the Director General;
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which is, in the opinion of the Director General, beneficial to the employee; and
which is approved in writing by the Director
General, provided that in granting such approval, the Director General may make such modifications thereto or impose such conditions thereon as he may deem proper;
for such other purpose as the Minister may, from time to time, by notification in the Gazette, specify either generally in respect of all employees, or only in respect of any particular employee, or any class, category or description of employees.
For the purposes of this section, “immediate family members”
means the employees’ parents, spouse, children, siblings or any other person under the employee’s guardianship.
employee
“employee” means any person or class of persons— (a) included in any category in the First Schedule to the extent specified therein; or (b) in respect of whom the Minister makes an order under subsection (3) or section 2a;