Contents of the Wages Rules (Uttar Pradesh)

The Uttar Pradesh Code on Wages Rules, 2026

Rule 20. Conditions regarding recovery of advance under Section 23

Chapter III — Payment of WagesMade under The Code on Wages, 2019Notification No. 1377/XXXVI-03-2026-1901341, 12 Aug 2026

Official text

The recovery, as the case may be, of:–

(i) advances of money given to an employee after the employment begins under clause (b) of section 23; or

(ii) advances of wages to an employee not already earned under clause I of Section 23, as the case may be, shall be made by the employer from the wages of the concerned employee in installments determined by the employer, so as any or all installments in a wage period shall not exceed fifty percent of wages of the employee subject to the celling specified in Rule 14 in that wage period and the particulars of such recovery shall be recorded in the register maintained in Form-I.

Source: The Uttar Pradesh Code on Wages Rules, 2026, Notification No. 1377/XXXVI-03-2026-1901341 — Uttar Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary, 12 August 2026, pp. 52–53 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 52 · official download · all sources

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