Rule 18. Conditions regarding recovery of advance

Chapter III — Payment of WagesMade under The Code on Wages, 2019G.O.Rt. No. 124, 29 Jun 2026

Official text

The recovery of, –––
(1) advances of money given to an employee after the employment begins under clause (b) of section 23; Or
(2) advances of wages to an employee not already earned under clause (c) of section 23, as the case may be, shall be made by the employer from the wages of the concerned employee in instalments determined by the employer, so as any or all instalments in a wage period, shall not exceed fifty per cent of the wages of the employee subject to the ceiling specified in rule 12 in that wage period and the particulars of such recovery shall be recorded in the register maintained in Form-IV.

Source: The Code on Wages (Andhra Pradesh) Rules, 2026, G.O.Rt. No. 124 — Andhra Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary (as ordered by G.O.Rt. No. 124), p. 8 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 8 · official download · all sources

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