Act Number: 29

Act Name: The Code on Wages, 2019

Year: 2019

Enactment Date: 2019-08-08

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

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 10: Wages of employee who works for less than normal working day.
    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.
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