Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Extra wages for overtime.—(1) Where an adult motor transport worker works for more than eight hours in any day in any case referred to in the first proviso to section 13 or where he is required to work on any day of rest under sub-section (2) of section 19, he shall be entitled to wages at the rate of twice his ordinary rate of wages in respect of the overtime work or the work done on the day of rest, as the case may be. (2) Where an adult motor transport worker works for more than eight hours in any day in any case referred to in the second proviso to section 13, he shall be entitled to wages in respect of the overtime work at such rules as may be prescribed. (3) Where an adolescent motor transport worker is required to work on any day of rest under sub-section (2) of section 19, he shall be entitled to wages at THE MOTOR TRANSPORT WORKERS ACT, 1961 the rate of twice his ordinary rate of wages in respect of the work done on the day of rest (4) For the purposes of this section, “ordinary rate of wages” in relation to a motor transport worker means his basic wages plus dearness allowance. CASE LAW Where work is done on a day of rest, the worker is entitled to wages at double the rate of ordinary rate of wages under section 26(1) of the Act. This is calculated by dividing the monthly wages by actual working days after deducting rest days and the resultant quotient is to be doubled; District Transport Manager v. Presiding Officer, Labour Court, 1984 Lab 1C 125.