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Thread ID: 137723	2014-08-12 06:58:00	Getting Paid In Cash	Tony (4941)	PC World Chat

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1381523	2014-08-12 06:58:00	At one time in the UK an employee could insist on being paid in cash rather than by cheque or bank deposit etc. This was because historically some employers paid in vouchers that could only be redeemed at the "company store" at very poor rates of exchange meaning workers were in constant debt to the company. Does anyone know whether that is still the case in England and whether it ever was or is now the case in NZ?	Tony (4941)
1381524	2014-08-12 07:32:00	Don't think so but I wish I could still be paid in cash. When I was an apprentice I received a brown envelope with a little cash each Friday	gary67 (56)
1381525	2014-08-12 09:13:00	We used to have pay parade when I first joined the airforce. We would que up and once we got our pay packet in a brown envelope we had to to salute. The base warrant officer would ambush the troops to check for dirty shoes, haircuts etc. Which was the reason I did not go to the pay parades because I thought it was demeaning but go a few days later to the accounts section. Once I forgot and the accounts section said come and pick up your pay or you will lose it. So I thought I would call their bluff and said dont worry about it then you can keep it, use it to your social club for a keg of beer. Sure enough an hour later enough my flieger staffen boss orders me down to accounts to pick up my pay. My first years salary was $1500 year most compulsory saved and $12 a fortnight paid as an allowance. I earned much more working for Dad in the tobacco. The smokers used to run out of money and smokes poor buggers.	prefect (6291)
1381526	2014-08-12 09:39:00	The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has this to say: When and how should wages be paid Employees should be paid on the day and at the intervals agreed that have been agreed with the employer. Employers cannot change the normal pay day without the agreement of the employee. Employers are obliged to pay wages in cash (i.e. New Zealand coins or banknotes) unless: the employee is employed by the Crown (government) or a local authority – then they can be paid by cheque an employee has requested in writing or given the employer written consent to pay wages by postal order, money order, cheque or direct credit the employee is away from the proper or usual place for the payment of their wages – then they can be paid by postal order, money order, or cheque the employment agreement permits some other form of payment. Employers can’t put any requirements on their employee about how the employee spends their wages. :)	WalOne (4202)
1381527	2014-08-12 10:03:00	When I started in the Air Force we were paid Two Pounds, 5/- a fortnight. That's $2.25 a week. Oh the power! 5.625 cents every hour we worked, except weekends and evenings or other overtime. We did those free. All in cash too. Luxury :D	R2x1 (4628)
1381528	2014-08-12 10:19:00	Interesting. It doesn't say an employee can insist on cash, just that it is up for negotiation, with of course the worker having all he bargaining power (yeah, right). Presumably if the employment agreement said so they could be paid in company vouchers or goods like in the bad old days.	Tony (4941)
1381529	2014-08-12 10:32:00	if your in west auckland the last thing you want to do is walk around with large sums of cash. i don't see any advantage of being paid cash or cheque. bank transfer is so much easier and safer.	tweak'e (69)
1381530	2014-08-12 10:56:00	if your in west auckland the last thing you want to do is walk around with large sums of cash. i don't see any advantage of being paid cash or cheque. bank transfer is so much easier and safer.I agree. I only asked because I was listening to "sixteen tons" on the radio and it got me thinking. When I worked at IBM in the late '60s one of our very expensive systems programmers insisted on getting paid in cash. I never found out whether she didn't trust "the man" or was just doing it because she wanted to wind up the company bureaucrats.	Tony (4941)
1381531	2014-08-12 11:21:00	in the 60's i would guess that getting paid cash was much the norm. i've only ever run into one couple who still only deal in cash, no not druggies just older people who still cling to old ways.	tweak'e (69)
1381532	2014-08-12 12:15:00	Try paying the taxman in cash. Small amounts, often. They do not like it, but they have to take it due to that bit about legal tender. (Well, last time I tried it they did.)	R2x1 (4628)
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