25. Act 4 of 1936 to apply to payment of wages to motor transport workers.--The payment of
Wages Act, 1936, as in force for the time being, shall apply to motor transport workers engaged in a motor
transport undertaking as it applies to wages payable in an industrial establishment as if the said Act had
been extended to the payment of wages of such motor transport workers by a notification of the State
Government under sub-section (5) of section I thereof, and as if a motor transport undertaking were and
industrial establishment within the meaning of the said Act.
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26. 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 provision 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 rates as may be prescribed.
(3) Where an adolescent motor transport worker is required to work on any day of rest under subsection (2) of sub-section 19, he shall be entitled to wages at 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.
27. Annual leave with wages.--(1) Without prejudice to such holidays as may be
prescribed, every motor transport worker who has worked for a period of two hundred and
forty days or more in a motor transport undertaking during a calendar year shall be
allowed during the subsequent calendar year leave with wages for a number of days
calculated at the rate of -
(a) if an adult, one day for every twenty days of work performed by him during the previous calendar
year; and
(b) if an adolescent, one day for every fifteen days of work performed by him during the previous
calendar year.
(2) A motor transport worker whose service commences otherwise than on the first day of January
shall be entitled to leave with wages at the rate laid down in clause (a) or, as the case may be, clause (b) of
sub-section (1) if he has worked for two-thirds of the total number of days in the remainder of the calendar
year.
(3) If a motor transport worker is discharged or dismissed from service during the course of the year,
he shall be entitled to leave with wages at the rate laid down in sub-section (1), even if he has not worked
for the entire period specified in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), entitling him to earned leave.
(4) In calculating leave under this section, fraction of leave of half a day or more shall be treated as
one full day’s leave, and fraction of less than half a day shall be omitted.
(5) If a motor transport worker does not in any one calendar year take the whole of the leave allowed
to him under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), as the case may be, any leave not taken by him shall be
added to the leave to be allowed to him in the succeeding calendar year:
Provided that the total number of days of leave that may be carried forward to a succeeding year shall
not exceed thirty in the case of an adult or forty in the case of an adolescent.
(6) In this section “calendar year” means the year commencing on the first day of January.
Explanation.--For the purposes of this section, leave shall not include weekly holidays or holidays for
festival or other similar occasions whether occurring during or at either end of the period of leave.
28. Wages during leave period.--(1) For the leave allowed to a motor transport worker under section
27, he shall be paid at the rate equal to the daily average of his total full time wages for the days on which
he worked during the moth immediately preceding his leave, exclusive of any overtime earnings and bonus,
if any, but inclusive of dearness allowance and the cash equivalent of the advantage, if any, accruing by the
concessional supply by the employer of food grains for the day on which he worked.
(2) A motor transport worker who has been allowed leave for not less than four days under section 27
shall, on an application made by him in this behalf to the employer, be paid in advance, before his leave
begins, an approximate amount equivalent to the wages payable to him for the period of his leave and any
amount so paid shall be adjusted against the wages due to him for the aforesaid period of leave.
(3) If a motor transport worker is not granted leave to which he is entitled under sub-section (3) of
section 27, he shall be paid wages in lieu thereof at the rate specified in sub-section (1).