Section 10

Wages of employee who works for less than normal working day.

The Code on Wages, 2019

  • Act 29 of 2019
  • Ministry of Labour and Employment
About this Act

An Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to wages and bonus and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

All sections
    If an employee whose minimum rate of wages has been fixed under this Code by the day works on any day on which he was employed for a period of less than the requisite number of hours constituting a normal working day, he shall, save as otherwise hereinafter provided, be entitled to receive wages in respect of work done on that day, as if he had worked for a full normal working day:
     Provided that he shall not be entitled to receive wages for a full normal working day, --
     (i) in any case where his failure to work is caused by his unwillingness to work and not by the omission of the employer to provide him with work; and
     (ii) in such other cases and circumstances, as may be prescribed.

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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