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Home Dictionary Name: wageAverage of the basic wage
Average of the basic wage, the expression 'average of the basic wage' can only mean the wage earned by a workman during a month divided by the number of days for which he has worked and multiplied by 26 in order of arrive at the monthly wage for the computation of gratuity payable, Delhi Cloth and General Mills Co Ltd. v. Workers, AIR 1970 SC 919 (938): (1969) 2 SCR 307. [Industrial Disputes Act, (14 of 1947) Sch. 3 item 5]...
Minimum wage
Minimum wage. The Trade Boards Act, 1909, established for the first time a minimum wage in certain trades. The (English) Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912, made provision for the settlement of minimum rates of wages for workmen employed underground in coal mines. The principle has been extended to many industries during the war and after, and to agriculture by the Corn Production Act,1917 (repealed). See TRADE BOARDS.In relation to any area, means to minimum wage fixed by the State Government under s. 3 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948) for agricultural labourer as applicable in that area [National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (42 of 2005), s. 2(h)]...
Wages
Wages, if the remuneration is to be paid daily or weekly, it can be called wages. But when it is monthly remuneration payable on the last day of the month or after that date, and when the remuneration considering the general standards of payments is fairly high, then it has to be understood as salary, K.V.V. Sharma (in re), (1952) 2 Mad LJ 917.Includes any bonus or other additional remunera-tion etc., and any sum 'payable to such person by reason of the termination of his employment, A.R. Sarin v. B.C. Patil, AIR 1951 Bom 423.Means remuneration payable to an employee under an award or settlement, Purshottam v. Potdar, AIR 1966 SC 856.Means remuneration which an employer is liable to pay, if the term of the contract of employment are fulfilled. In other words, they are payments made by an employer for services rendered, G.M. Joshi v. First Civil Judge, AIR 1958 Bom 262.Wages, ought to include gratuity as well, Tirjugi Sitaram v. Badlu Prasad Bheru Prasad, AIR 1962 MP 361.The compensatio...
average weekly wage (aww)
average weekly wage (aww) The AWW is another method which may be utilized in calculating entitlement to wage loss benefits. The average earnings, by week, for a fixed period of time are calculated and wage loss benefits are computed according to that amount. ...
average daily wage (adw)
average daily wage (adw) The ADW is a calculation of an injured employee's average daily earnings and is sometimes used to determine entitlement to wage loss benefits following an injury, particularly where the AWW would not be an accurate representation of the employee's earnings. ...
chapter 13 (wage earner's plan)
chapter 13 (wage earner's plan) A petition designed for any insolvent debtor who is a wage earner to provide the debtor with additional time to pay off creditors. Source: FindLaw ...
minimum wage
minimum wage : a wage fixed by contract or esp. by law as the least that may be paid either to employees generally or to a particular category of employees compare scale ...
statewide average weekly wage (saww)
statewide average weekly wage (saww) The statewide average weekly wage is a computation of average wages paid to workers in a jurisdiction for a set period of time and is generally used to calculate the minimum, and maximum, amounts of workers' compensation benefits that an injured employee will be entitled to receive. ...
Living wage
Living wage, the living wage should enable the male earner to provide for himself and his family not merely the bare essentials of food, clothing and shelter but a measure of frugal comfort including education for the children, protection against ill-health, requirements of essential social needs, and a measure of insurance against the more important misfortunes including old age, Express Newspaper (P) Ltd. v. Union of India, AIR 1958 SC 578 (601): 1959 SCR 12....
Wage rate
Wage rate, means the wage rate referred to in s. 6. [National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (42 of 2005), s. 2(s)]...
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