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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Minimum Wages Act, 1948 Section 15

Wages of Worker Who Works for Less Than Normal Working Day

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Minimum Wages Act, 1948 Section 15 is part of Minimum Wages Act, 1948 - Wages of Worker Who Works for Less Than Normal Working Day. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

If an employee whose minimum rate of wages has been fixed under this Act by the day works on any day on which he was employed for a period 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 by him on that day as if he had worked for a full normal working day:

Provided, however, 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, and

(ii) in such other cases and circumstances as may be prescribed.

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What does Minimum Wages Act, 1948 Section 15 provide?

Section Section 15 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (Wages of Worker Who Works for Less Than Normal Working Day) is reproduced on this page as part of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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