Year: 1963
Type: article
Abstract: THE principle of the security of the wage packet has been the subject of considerable attack in recent years.National Insurance contributions and P.A.Y.E. are well established, automatic deductions from gross wages.Even the recent Payment of Wages by Cheque Act, 1960, was seen by some as an attack upon the right t o earnings.The most important recent measure, however, is the Maintenance Orders Act, 1958, by which power is given to attach the earnings of defaulters under maintenance orders.This legislation followed a period in which the use of attachment procedure had been considered in several different fields.It was recognised as an important departure and a potentially dangerous precedent.I n the debate on the second reading the Home Secretary said,
Source: Modern Law Review
Author: J. C. Wood
Institution: University of Sheffield
Language: English
Topic: Labor Law and Work Dynamics
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2055596279