Wages under Employees Compensation Act Includes Privileges capable of being estimated in money: HC

Reeta Devi Vs Sima Devi (Jharkhand High Court)

Going by the definition of wages as given under Section 2(m) of the Employees Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 Act the contention of the Insurance Company that food allowance of Rs.80 per day shall not constitute part of wages is not tenable. A plain reading of the definition of the wages will show that given definition is wide enough to include the food allowance. The definition reads as under,

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