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Special Allowances Of Workers Law (No. 17 of 1978) - Sect 3

Payment of allowance

3.
(1) With effect from the relevant date, every employer, in any trade, of a 'worker whose total earnings for the month do not exceed eight hundred rupees shall pay to such worker in respect of each month, an. allowance calculated on the following basis :- Provided that the allowance payable under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) shall not in any case exceed fifty rupees.
(a) in the case of a worker remunerated at a monthly rate, the allowance payable shall be an amount not less than twenty per centum of the wages or salary due to such worker for the month ;
(b) In the case of a daily-paid worker, the allowance payable shall be an amount not less than twenty per centum of the daily wage-due to such worker for each day he has worked for the month ;
(c) in the case of a worker who Is employed on a piece-rate basis, the allowance payable shall be a sum not less than twenty par centum of the wages due to him at such piece rate during the month;
(2) Every employer of a worker whose total earnings for the month exceed eight hundred "rupees but" are less than eight hundred and fifty rupees, shall in respect of each month, pay to such worker as allowance an amount equivalent to the difference between eight hundred and fifty rupees and the amount drawn by such worker as salary or wages for that month.
(3) Where any worker referred to in subsection (1) or subsection (2) is paid-
(i) a non-recurring Cost of Living Gratuity in accordance with, or on the basis of, the provisions of any Collective Agreement or in terms of an Order made by the Minister under section 10 (2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, or
(ii) a Cost of Living Allowance determined in accordance with the Colombo Consumers Price Index,


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