3. With effect from the relevant date every employer in any trade shall in respect of each month pay to every worker employed by him, an allowance (in this Law referred to as the " special allowance "), calculated on the following basis:-
| (a) in the case of a worker remunerated, at a monthly rate, an amount not less than twenty-five per centum of the wages or salary due to such worker for the month. |
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| (b) in the case of a worker paid at a daily rate, an amount not less than twenty-five per centum of the daily rate due to such worker for each day he has worked during the month; |
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| (c) in the case of a worker who is employed on a piece-rate basis, an amount not less than twenty-five per centum of the wages due to such worker at such piece-rate for the month: |
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Provided, however, that the special allowance payable under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) shall not in any case exceed fifty rupees. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts