If you divide ₹26000 by 30 days of the month and by 26 days of the computation, you will see a difference of ₹133.33. This difference is being added to each working day's pay. Correspondingly it means for every day absent, the worker loses ₹133 more than his actual pay for that day. So, don't worry, by being absent for 6 days, he has effectively lost his weekly off.
It's a legal fiction that is now accepted as the base. Some individual workers may gain a minute amount in a certain month, but given the reduction in work load, it's worth it.
It's a legal fiction that is now accepted as the base. Some individual workers may gain a minute amount in a certain month, but given the reduction in work load, it's worth it.