Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
An employee who has completed ten or more years of continuous service with full wages shall, on quitting the service or on his death his legal heirs, be entitled to gra- tuity equivalent to fifteen days' wages last drawn for each year of service. 13 57 (1) The wages of every person employed shall be paid before the expiry of Time ofpayment of the I1fthday after the last day of the wage period in respect of which the wages are payable. wages. . (2) Where the employment of any person is terminated by or on behalf of the employer, the wages earned by such person shall be paid before the expiry of the second working day from the day on which his employment is terminated. (3) The State Government may, by general or special order, exempt an em- ployer from the operation of this section in respect of the wages of any person employed or class of persons employed, to such extent and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order. (+) All payments of wages shall be made on a working day.