When should employers pay wages?

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Employers can fix the wage period for employees as daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly (no wage period can be more than a month).

Employees engaged on:	When the wages are paid((Section 17, Code on Wages, 2019.)):
Daily basis	At the end of the shift
Weekly basis	Last working day of the week
Fortnightly (14 days) basis	Before the end of the second day after the end of the fortnight
Monthly basis	Before the end of the seventh day of the following month

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