Time Rate Wage System

Question

What do you mean by Time Rate Wage System?

Answer 1

It is the oldest and the simplest form of wage fixing. Under this system, workers are paid according to the work done during a certain period of time at a rate of per hour, per day, per week, per fortnight, or per month or any other fixed period of time. According to the section 4 of the Payments of Wages Act, 1936, not more than one month must elapse between two wage period. Time wage system adopts time as the basis of worker remuneration without taking in to account the units produced. The worker is guaranteed a specified sum of money for a fixed period of his time taking no account of the quality or quantity of the work done.