The Goa Shops and Establishments Act, 1973 — Physical PDF page 12 of 23

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   work in excess of such normal hours up to eight hours a day, and forty-eight hours, a
week to wages at the ordinary rate of wages and in respect of work in excess of eight
hours a day and forty-eight hours a week at twice the ordinary rate of wages, in addition
to the wages for the normal hours of work.
  Explanation.— For the purpose of this section, the expression “ordinary rate of
wages” shall mean such rate of wages as may be calculated in the manner prescribed.
  30. Time for payment of wages.— (1) The wages of every employee shall be paid
before the expiry of the seventh day after the last day of the wage-period in respect of
which the wages are payable.
   (2) Where the service of any employee is terminated by or on behalf of the employer,
the wages earned by such employee shall be paid before the expiration of the second
working day from the day on which his employment is terminated.
  (3) All payments of wages shall be made on a working day.
   31. Wages to be paid in current coin or currency notes.— All wages shall be paid
in current coin or currency notes or in both.              e
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   32. Deductions which may be made from wages.— (1) The wages of an employee
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shall be paid to him without deductions of any kind except those authorised by or under
this Act.
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  Explanation.— Every payment made by an employee to the employer shall, for the
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purpose of this Act, be deemed to be a deduction from wages.
   (2) Deductions from the wages of an employee shall be made only in accordance with
the provisions of this Act, and may be of the following kinds only, namely: —

     (a) fines and other penalties lawfully imposed;

     (b) deductions for absence from duty;

     (c) deductions for damages to, or loss of, goods expressly entrusted to the employee
  for custody, or for loss of money for which he is required to account, where such
  damage or loss in directly attributable to his neglect or default;

     (d) deduction for house accommodation provided by the employer;

    (e) deduction for such amenities and services, supplied by the employer as the
  Government may, by general or special order, authorise;

    (f) deductions for recovery of advances or for adjustment of overpayments of
  wages;

     (g) deductions of income-tax or profession tax payable by the employee;

     (h) deductions required to be made by order of a court or other authority competent
  to make such order;

     (i) deductions for subscriptions to, and for repayment of advances from, any
  provident fund to which the Employees Provident Funds Act, 1952 (Central Act 19 of
  1952) applies or any recognised provident fund as defined in section 2(38) of the
  Income Tax Act, 1961 (Central Act 43 of 1961), or any provident fund approved in
  this behalf by the Government during the continuance of such approval;