Employment Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · Truck System
59. Payment of salary through bank
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Nothing in section 55 or 57 shall render illegal any payment of salary by an employer to an employee in accordance with the employee’s written approval in either of the following ways —
salary
“salary” means all remuneration including allowances payable to an employee in respect of work done under his contract of service, but does not include — (a) the value of any accommodation or the supply of any food, fuel, electricity, water or medical attendance, or of any amenity or service excluded by order of the Minister published in the Gazette; (b) any contribution paid by the employer on his own account to any pension fund or provident fund; (c) any travelling allowance or the value of any travelling concession; (d) any sum paid to the employee to reimburse him for special expenses incurred by him in the course of his employment; (e) any gratuity payable on discharge or retirement; and (f) any retrenchment benefit payable on retrenchment;
payment into an account at a bank in Brunei Darussalam holding a licence granted under the Banking Act (Chapter 95), a licence being an account in the name of the employee or an account in the name of the employee jointly with one or more other persons;
payment by cheque made payable to or to the order of the employee.
Where the salary or part thereof has been paid in either of the ways set out in subsection (1), section 58 shall not operate to give a right of recovery of so much of the salary as have been so paid.
The employee may at any time withdraw his approval under subsection (1) by notice in writing given to the employer.
employee
“employee” means a person who has entered into or who works under a contract of service with an employer, and includes a workman and any public officer or employee of the Government included in a category, class or description of such officers or employees declared by the Minister, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, to be employees for the purposes of this Act or any Part thereof; but does not include any seaman, domestic worker or any person employed in a managerial, executive or confidential position or any person belonging to any other class of person whom the Minister, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, may by notification published in the Gazette, declare not to be employees for the purposes of this Act;
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Such notice shall take effect 14 days from the date on which it was served on the employer.
employer
“employer” means any person who employs another person under a contract of service and includes — (a) the Government, in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of public officers or employees of the Government as are declared by the Minister, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, to be employees for the purposes of this Act; (b) any statutory body; (c) the duly authorised agent or manager of the employer; (d) the person who owns or is carrying on or for the time being responsible for the management of the profession, business, trade or work in which the employee is engaged;
The approval of the employee to the mode of payment of his salary under subsection (1) shall not be unreasonably withheld, or if granted and notwithstanding subsection (3) shall not be unreasonably withdrawn, by the employee.
Any dispute as to whether an employee has unreasonably withheld or withdrawn his approval to the mode of payment of his salary under subsection (1) shall be referred to the Commissioner, whose decision is final.
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labour appointed under section 3(1);
Terms defined in s 2
Commissioner
Defined · s 2“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labour appointed under section 3(1);
employee
Defined · s 2“employee” means a person who has entered into or who works under a contract of service with an employer, and includes a workman and any public officer or employee of the Government included in a category, class or description of such officers or employees declared by the Minister, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, to be employees for the purposes of this Act or any Part thereof; but does not include any seaman, domestic worker or any person employed in a managerial, executive or confidential position or any person belonging to any other class of person whom the Minister, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, may by notification published in the Gazette, declare not to be employees for the purposes of this Act;
employer
Defined · s 2“employer” means any person who employs another person under a contract of service and includes — (a) the Government, in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of public officers or employees of the Government as are declared by the Minister, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, to be employees for the purposes of this Act; (b) any statutory body; (c) the duly authorised agent or manager of the employer; (d) the person who owns or is carrying on or for the time being responsible for the management of the profession, business, trade or work in which the employee is engaged;
salary
Defined · s 2“salary” means all remuneration including allowances payable to an employee in respect of work done under his contract of service, but does not include — (a) the value of any accommodation or the supply of any food, fuel, electricity, water or medical attendance, or of any amenity or service excluded by order of the Minister published in the Gazette; (b) any contribution paid by the employer on his own account to any pension fund or provident fund; (c) any travelling allowance or the value of any travelling concession; (d) any sum paid to the employee to reimburse him for special expenses incurred by him in the course of his employment; (e) any gratuity payable on discharge or retirement; and (f) any retrenchment benefit payable on retrenchment;
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