Contents of the Code on Wages

The Code on Wages, 2019

Section 28. Computation of number of working days

In force since 21 Nov 2025Chapter IV — Payment of Bonus

Official text

For the purposes of section 27, an employee shall be deemed to have worked in an establishment in any accounting year also on the days on which,––

(a) he has been laid off under an agreement or as permitted by standing orders under the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946, or under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, or under any other law applicable to the establishment;

(b) he has been on leave with salary or wages;

(c) he has been absent due to temporary disablement caused by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment; and

(d) the employee has been on maternity leave with salary or wages, during the accounting year.

Source: The Code on Wages, 2019, Act No. 29 of 2019 — Gazette of India, p. 14 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 14 · official download · all sources

Acts cited in the margin: 20 of 1946 · 14 of 1947

Explained simply in: Bonus 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”