13. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- " Collective Agreement" shall have the same meaning as in the Industrial Disputes Act; "Commissioner" means the person for the time being holding the office of Commissioner of Labour and includes any person for the time being holding office as a Deputy Commissioner of Labour or as a Senior Assistant Commissioner of Labour or as Assistant Commissioner of Labour or as a Labour Officer; " earnings" shall have the same meaning as in the Employees, Provident Fund Act, No. 15 of 1958 ; " employer" means any person who on his own behalf employs, or on whose behalf any other person employs, any worker in any trade and includes any person who on behalf of any other person employs any worker in any trade; " trade" includes any industry, business, undertaking, occupation, profession or calling carried on, performed or exercised by an employer or worker, and any branch of, or any function or process in, any trade, but does not include any industry, business or undertaking which is carried on by any corporation, board or other body which was or is established by or under any written law other than the Companies Ordinance, with funds or capital wholly or partly provided by the Government by way of grant, loan or otherwise; " wages " or "salary" shall mean the aggregate of
| (a) the contractual wage or salary of the worker or the wage prescribed by the relevant Wages Board for the trade to which the worker belongs ; |
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| (b) any amount payable to the worker under the Interim Devaluation Allowance of Employees Act, No. 40 of 1988 ; |
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| (c) any amount payable to the worker under the Budgetary Relief Allowance of Workers Law, No. 1 of 1978 ; |
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| (d) any amount payable to the worker under the Special Allowances of Workers Law, No. 17 of 1978; |
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| (e) any amount payable to the worker under the Budgetary Relief Allowance of Workers (No. 2) Law, No. 18 of 1978 ; and |
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| (f) any amount payable to the worker in accordance with the provisions of or on the basis of any Collective Agreement; |
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" worker " means a person employed in any capacity by any employer under a contract whether oral, written, expressed or implied to perform any work in any trade and includes a worker whose salary or wages are regulated by any written law or otherwise and a worker employed on a piece-rate basis but does not include a domestic servant or an employer's personal chauffeur. |
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