Contents of the Code on Wages

The Code on Wages, 2019

Section 10. Wages of employee who works for less than normal working day

In force since 21 Nov 2025Chapter II — Minimum Wages

Official text

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

Provided 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 work; and

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

Source: The Code on Wages, 2019, Act No. 29 of 2019 — Gazette of India, pp. 7–8 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 7 · official download · all sources

Explained simply in: Minimum wages and the floor wage guide

Commencement In force since 21 Nov 2025

Notification wording (1)
  • S.O. 5322(E), in force from 21 Nov 2025: “sections 1 to 41”