Section 26
Extra wages for overtime.
The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
About this Act
An Act to provide for the welfare of motor transport workers and to regulate the conditions of their work.
1) Where an adult motor transport worker works for more than
eight hours in any day in any case referred to in the first proviso to section 13 or where he is required to
work on any day of rest under sub-section (2) of section 19, he shall be entitled to wages at the rate of
twice his ordinary rate of wages in respect of the overtime work or the work done on the day of rest, as
the case may be.
(2) Where an adult motor transport worker works for more than eight hours in any day in any case referred to in the second proviso to section 13, he shall be entitled to wages in respect of the overtime work at such rates as may be prescribed.
(3) Where an adolescent motor transport worker is required to work on any day of rest under sub-section (2) of section 19, he shall be entitled to wages at the rate of twice his ordinary rate of wages in respect of the work done on the day of rest.
(4) For the purposes of this section, "ordinary rate of wages" in relation to a motor transport worker means his basic wages plus dearness allowance.
(2) Where an adult motor transport worker works for more than eight hours in any day in any case referred to in the second proviso to section 13, he shall be entitled to wages in respect of the overtime work at such rates as may be prescribed.
(3) Where an adolescent motor transport worker is required to work on any day of rest under sub-section (2) of section 19, he shall be entitled to wages at the rate of twice his ordinary rate of wages in respect of the work done on the day of rest.
(4) For the purposes of this section, "ordinary rate of wages" in relation to a motor transport worker means his basic wages plus dearness allowance.