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Section 18: Wages for the holiday

Delhi Shops and Establishments Act,1954Union territory Act of Delhi · Act 7 of 1954

No deduction shall be made from the wages of any employee on account of the close day under section 16 or a holiday granted under section 17 of this Act.

If an employee is employed on a daily wage, he shall nonetheless be paid his daily wage for the holiday and where an employee is paid on piece rates, he shall receive the average of the wages received during the week.

COMMENTS It was held that the notification under Minimum Wages Act by Delhi Administration providing that the daily rates of wages include wages for weekly off days will not be attracted since no rates were fixed in respect of wages to be paid on the basis of piece rate; Co-operative Stores Ltd. v.

K.S. Khurana, 1988 (1) Delhi Lawyers 452: 1988 (ii) CLR 670.

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ActDelhi Shops and Establishments Act,1954
Section18
Marginal noteWages for the holiday
JurisdictionUnion territory of Delhi
StatusIn force as published by the source

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