Holidays (Employees) Act, 1961

PART IV

Miscellaneous

Recovery by workers of moneys due by employers.

18.—(1) If the employer of any worker fails to pay to the worker any moneys which become payable by the employer to the worker under any provision contained in this Act-—

(a) the employer shall be guilty of an offence;

(b) the worker may (whether proceedings have or have not been taken under paragraph (a) of this subsection) recover from the employer such moneys as a simple contract debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) If and whenever the employer of any worker is convicted of an offence under any section of this Act in relation to the worker, the court by which the employer is convicted may order him to pay to the worker any moneys which were due to him under any of the provisions of this Act by the employer at the time of the conviction.