{"act":{"id":"beedi-cigar-workers-conditions-employment-act-1966","short_title":"The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966","long_title":null,"act_number":"32","act_year":1966,"enact_date":null,"enforcement_date":null,"ministry":null,"department":null,"jurisdiction":"Bihar","unit":"section","section_count":44,"in_force":true,"spent":false,"spent_note":null,"duplicate_of":null,"text_source":"ocr","scan_url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/scan/b93d5411-7601-4b23-9497-2153e7eb6ecd.pdf","url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/beedi-cigar-workers-conditions-employment-act-1966/"},"unit":"section","section":{"number":"18","heading":"Wages for overtime work","text":"(1) Where any employee employed in any industrial premises is required to work overtime, he shall be entitled in respect of such overtime work, to wages at the rate of twice his ordinary rate of wages. (2) Where the employees in an industrial premises are paid on a piece-rate basis, the overtime rate shall be calculated, for the purposes of this section, at the time rates which shall be as nearly as possible equivalent to the daily average of their full time earnings for the days on which they had actually worked during the week immediately preceding the week in which the overtime work has been done. 1. Subs. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 4, for \"fifty\" (w.e.f. 22-5-1993). \"[Explanation .- Where an employee had not worked on any day of the week immediately preceding the week in which the overtime work has been done, any week preceding such week in which he had actually worked shall be taken into account in calculating the overtime rate for the purposes of this sub-section.] (3) For the purposes of this section, \"ordinary rates of wages\" means the basic wages plus such allowance, including the cash equivalent of the advantage accruing through the concessional sale to the employees of foodgrains and other articles as the employee is for the time being entitled to but does not include bonus. (4) The cash equivalent of the advantage accruing through the concessional sale to an employee of foodgrains and other articles shall be computed as often as may be prescribed on the basis of the maximum quantity of foodgrains and other articles admissible to a standard family. Explanation I .- \"Standard family\" means a family consisting of the employee, his or her spouse and two children requiring in all three adult consumption units. Explanation II .- \"Adult consumption units\" means the consumption unit of a male above the age of fourteen years; and the consumption unit of a female above the age of fourteen years and that of a child shall be calculated at the rate of eight-tenths and six-tenths, respectively, of one adult consumption unit.","html":"

(1) Where any employee employed in any industrial premises is required to work overtime, he shall be entitled in respect of such overtime work, to wages at the rate of twice his ordinary rate of wages. (2) Where the employees in an industrial premises are paid on a piece-rate basis, the overtime rate shall be calculated, for the purposes of this section, at the time rates which shall be as nearly as possible equivalent to the daily average of their full time earnings for the days on which they had actually worked during the week immediately preceding the week in which the overtime work has been done. 1. Subs. by Act 41 of 1993, s. 4, for "fifty" (w.e.f. 22-5-1993). "[Explanation .- Where an employee had not worked on any day of the week immediately preceding the week in which the overtime work has been done, any week preceding such week in which he had actually worked shall be taken into account in calculating the overtime rate for the purposes of this sub-section.] (3) For the purposes of this section, "ordinary rates of wages" means the basic wages plus such allowance, including the cash equivalent of the advantage accruing through the concessional sale to the employees of foodgrains and other articles as the employee is for the time being entitled to but does not include bonus. (4) The cash equivalent of the advantage accruing through the concessional sale to an employee of foodgrains and other articles shall be computed as often as may be prescribed on the basis of the maximum quantity of foodgrains and other articles admissible to a standard family. Explanation I .- "Standard family" means a family consisting of the employee, his or her spouse and two children requiring in all three adult consumption units. Explanation II .- "Adult consumption units" means the consumption unit of a male above the age of fourteen years; and the consumption unit of a female above the age of fourteen years and that of a child shall be calculated at the rate of eight-tenths and six-tenths, respectively, of one adult consumption unit.

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