Chapter II: Monthly payments.

Employees are paid on a monthly basis, irrespective of the number of days worked in the month for a given number of hours worked. The monthly payment neutralises the consequences of the unequal distribution of days between the twelve months of the year. For hours equivalent to the legal weekly working time, the monthly pay due to the employee is calculated by multiplying the hourly pay by 52/12 of the…

Monthly pay does not exclude the various methods of calculating pay by piecework, bonus or performance.

Employees who are not paid on a monthly basis are paid at least twice a month, no more than sixteen days apart.

For any piecework work lasting more than a fortnight, the payment dates may be fixed by mutual agreement. However, the employee receives advance payments every fortnight and is paid in full in the fortnight following delivery of the work.