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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Minimum Wages Act, 1948 Section 16

Wages for Two or More Classes of Work

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Minimum Wages Act, 1948 Section 16 is part of Minimum Wages Act, 1948 - Wages for Two or More Classes of Work. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Where an employee does two or more classes of work to each of which a different minimum rate of wages is applicable, the employer shall pay to such employee in respect of the time respectively occupied in each such class of work, wages at not less than the minimum rate in force in respect of each such class.

STATE AMENDMENT

Madhya Pradesh--In section 16, for the words "in respect of the lime respectively occupied in each class of work, wages at not less than the minimum rate in respect of each such class" substitute the words "wages at the highest of the rates prescribed for such class." [Vide M.P. Act 23 of 1961, sec. 8 (w.e.f. 23-6-1961)]

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What does Minimum Wages Act, 1948 Section 16 provide?

Section Section 16 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (Wages for Two or More Classes of Work) 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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