20 Limits on method and timing of payments
Employment Rights Act 1996 (1996 c 18) | Legislation

20  Limits on method and timing of payments

(1)     Where the employer of a worker in retail employment receives from the worker a payment on account of a cash shortage or stock deficiency, the employer shall not be treated as receiving the payment in accordance with section 15 unless (in addition to the requirements of that section being satisfied with respect to the payment) he has previously—

(a)     notified the worker in writing of the worker's total liability to him in respect of that shortage or deficiency, and

(b)     required the worker to make the payment by means of a demand

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