Rule 3. Manner of calculating the rate of wages per hour and per month under sub-section (5) of Section 6

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

Official text

(1) For the purposes of sub-section (5) of Section 6, the minimum rate of wages shall be fixed by the day basis keeping in the view the criteria which shall be separately specified by the State Government by the special or general order:
Provided that the State Government shall not fix the minimum wages of the State Government employees under this Code.
(2) When the rate of wages for a day is fixed, then, such amount shall be divided by eight for fixing the rate of wages for an hour and multiplied by twenty six for fixing the rate of wages for a month and in such division and multiplication the factors of one-half and more than one-half shall be rounded as next figure and the factors less than one-half shall be ignored.
(3) In case there is less than six days working week, the hourly rate of minimum wages so calculated shall be used to derive the minimum wages for the day.

Source: The Uttar Pradesh Code on Wages Rules, 2026, Notification No. 1377/XXXVI-03-2026-1901341 — Uttar Pradesh Gazette Extraordinary, 12 August 2026, p. 47 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 47 · official download · all sources

The rules were made in Hindi. The English text is the translation published by order of the Governor under clause (3) of Article 348 of the Constitution, which makes it the authoritative text in English. Rule headings are printed as marginal notes.