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Pay and wages

The essence of employment is pay in return for work; the employer's obligation to provide consideration for the individual’s work and skill in the form of a wage or other remuneration is generally regarded as a fundamental ingredient of a contract of employment. This generally gives rise to a duty to pay wages whenever an employee is ready and willing to work. If they are ready and willing to work but unable to do so for reasons beyond their control (ie an unavoidable or involuntary impediment), then they are also entitled to be paid. A worker who deliberately and unreasonably refuses to do any work

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