Wages :

According to Section 2(1)(m), the term “wages” include any privilege or benefit which is capable of being estimated in money, other than a travelling allowance or the value of any travelling concession or a contribution paid by the employer to an employee towards any pension or provident fund or a sum paid to employee to cover any special expenses entailed on him by the nature of his employment.

Wages include dearness allowance, free accommodation, overtime pay, etc. (Godawari Sugar Mills Ltd. v. Shakuntala; Chitru Tanti v. TISCO; and Badri Prasad v. Trijugi Sitaram).

The driver of a bus died in an accident. On a claim for compensation made by widow it was held that line allowance and night out allowance came under the privilege or benefit which is capable of being estimated in money and can be taken into consideration in computing compensation as part of wages (KSRTC Bangalore v. Smt. Sundari, 1982 Lab. I.C. 230). The claim of bonus being a right of the workman is a benefit forming part of wages and the same can be included in wages (LLJ-II 536 Ker.).