Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966
27.Wages during leave period.-
(1) For the leave allowed to him under section
26, an employee shall be paid at the rate equal to the daily average of his
total full time earnings for the days on which he had worked during the month
immediately preceding his leave exclusive of any overtime earnings and bonus
but inclusive of dearness and other allowances.
Explanation I.-- In this sub-section, the expression "total full
time earnings" includes the cash equivalent of the advantage accruing
through the concessional sale to employees of food
grains and other articles, as the employee is for the time being entitled to,
but does not include bonus.
Explanation II.-- For the purpose of determining the wages payable to a
home worker during leave period or for the purpose of payment of maternity
benefit to a woman home worker, "day" shall mean any period during
which such home worker was employed, during a period of twenty-four hours
commencing at midnight, for making beedi or cigar or
both.
(2) An employee who has been allowed leave for not less than four days in the
case of an adult and five days in the case of a young person, shall before his
leave begins, be paid wages due for the period of the leave allowed.