(1) Deductions may be made under clause
(b) of sub-section (2) of section 32 only on account of the absence of an employee from the place or places where, by the terms of his employment, he is required to work, such absence being for the whole or any part of the period during which he is so required to work.
(2) The amount of such deduction shall in no case bear to the wages payable to the employee in respect of the wage-period for which the deduction is made, a larger proportion than the period for which he was absent bears to the total period, within such wage-period during which by the terms of his employment, he was required to work:
Provided that, subject to any rules made in this behalf by the Government, if ten or more employees acting in concert absent themselves without due notice that is to say, ---14--- without giving the notice which is required under the terms of their contract of employment and without reasonable cause such deduction from any such employee may include such amount not exceeding his wages for four days as may by any such terms be due to the employer in lieu of due notice.
Explanation.— For the purpose of this section, an employee shall be deemed to be absent from the place where he is required to work, if, although present in such place he refuses, in pursuance of a stay in strike or for any other cause which is not reasonable in the circumstances, to carry out his work.