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The Code on Wages Act, 2019

Chapter II - Minimum Wages

Section 10: Wage of employee who works for less than normal working day

If an employee whose minimum rate of wages has been fixed under this Code by the day works on any day on which he was employed for a period of less than the requisite number of hours constituting a normal working day, he shall, save as otherwise hereinafter provided, be entitled to receive wages in respect of work done on that day, as if he had worked for a full normal working day: Provided that he shall not be entitled to receive wages for a full normal working day,—
(i) in any case where his failure to work is caused by his unwillingness to work and not by the omission of the employer to provide him with work; and
(ii) in such other cases and circumstances, as may be prescribed.