Section 23(4) in The Punjab Minimum Wages Rules, 1950
(4)An employee shall be granted for the rest day wages calculated at the rate applicable to the next preceding day and in case he works on the rest day and has been given a substituted rest day he shall be paid wages for the rest day on which he worked at the overtime rate and wages for the substituted rest day at the rate applicable to the next preceding day:Provided that where the minimum daily rate of wages of the employee as notified under the Act has been worked out by dividing the minimum monthly rate of wages by twenty-six or where the actual daily rate of wages of the employee has been worked out by dividing the monthly rate of wages by twenty- six and such actual daily rate of wages is not less than notified minimum daily rate of wages of the employee, no wages for the rest day shall be payable and in case the employee works on the rest day, he shall be paid only for the rest day on which he worked, an amount equal to the wages payable to him at the overtime rate, and if any dispute arises whether the daily rate of wages has been worked out as aforesaid, the Labour Commissioner may, on application made to him in this behalf decide the same after giving an opportunity to the parties concerned to make written representations :Provided further that in the case of any employee governed by a piece rate scheme, the wages for the rest day or as the case may be, the rest day and the substituted rest day, shall be such as the Punjab Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, prescribe having regard to the minimum rate of wages fixed under the Act in respect of the scheduled employment.Explanation. - In this sub-rule "next preceding day" means the last day on which the employee has worked, which precedes the rest day or the substituted rest day, as the case may be, and where the substituted rest day falls on a day immediately after the rest day, the next preceding day means the last day on which the employee has worked, which precedes the rest day.
