From: jeremybarker@email.com (Jeremy Barker)
Newsgroups: uk.finance uk.legal
Subject: Re: can you insist on your salary being paid to you in cash?
Date: 31 Oct 2003 17:16:46 -0800

jeromewills2000@yahoo.com (jerome) wrote in message news:<5b52ca2.0310310905.4414aff9@posting.google.com>...
> I ask this because I'm finding it impossible to get a simple bank
> account, just because I don't have suitable proof of my address (they
> insist on utility bills, but since all utilities are paid by my
> landlord, that isn't possible).
> 
> I'm worried that if I land a job, I won't be able to cash my salary
> cheques.

The answer to the question you ask is no - your employer can insist
that you are paid by cheque or by bank transfer.  If the bank you have
approached is demanding utility bills they are acting unreasonably. 
You should ask to speak to a manager - all banks have procedures for
people who simply have no way of producing the "identity" documents
they nornally require.  Alternatively go to another bank.

jb