Conditions of Employment Act, 1936

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Remuneration during annual leave.

25.—Whenever a worker for salary or wages is allowed by his employer any annual leave to which he is entitled by virtue of this Act, such employer shall pay to such worker, in respect of each day of such leave, salary or wages at whichever of the following rates is applicable, that is to say:—

(a) in the case of a worker whose ordinary remuneration is wholly calculated by reference to time, at the rate at which such remuneration was payable immediately before the commencement of such annual leave, and

(b) in the case of a worker whose ordinary remuneration is wholly piece-work wages, at the average daily rate of his earnings (exclusive of pay for overtime) in the period in respect of which he is allowed such annual leave, and

(c) in the case of a worker whose ordinary remuneration is partly calculated by reference to time and is partly piece-work wages, at the average daily rate of his earnings (exclusive of pay for overtime) in the period in respect of which he is allowed such annual leave.