How should employers pay wages?

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Employers can pay wages in any of the following ways: ^¹

Current coin or currency notes
Cheque
Crediting wages in the employee’s bank account
Electronic mode

However, the concerned Government might specify industrial or other establishments where employers should pay the wages only by cheque or by crediting wages in the bank account.

Section 15, Code on Wages, 2019[↩]

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