Legal glossary

“wages”

Defined in 3 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
  1. The Code on Social Security, 2020 · s. 2

    (88) "wages" means all remuneration, whether by way of salaries, allowances or otherwise, expressed in terms of money or capable of being so expressed which would, if the terms of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled, be payable to a person employed in respect of his employment or of work done in such employment, and includes,—
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  2. The Seamens Provident Fund Act, 1966 · s. 2

    (n) "wages" means the basic wages for the time being payable to a seaman under the agreement with the crew and includes —
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  3. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948, 11 of 1948 (Rep., Act 29 of 2019) · s. 2 · Repealed or not in force

    (h) "wages" means all remuneration, capable of being expressed in terms of money, which would, if the terms of the contract of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled, be payable to a person employed in respect of his employment or of work done in such employment, but does not include—
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