The consequences of non-payment of wages on due date are indicated in article 34 of the Labor Law no. 4857:
– The employee whose wage has not been paid within twenty days of the day it was due, except for force majeure, may refrain from fulfilling his obligation to work.
– Even if refraining from work by employees based on their personal decisions takes on the character of a concerted action in quantifiable terms, it shall not qualify as a strike.
– The highest interest rate charged to bank deposits shall be levied on wage debts not paid on the day they were due.
– Employment contracts of such employees shall not be terminated solely because they have refrained from working for this reason; no replacements shall be hired, nor may such work be performed by others.
Source: Article 34 of the Labor Law no. 4857
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