Heat allowance for workers during the summer months

In the midst of soaring temperatures, the union representative’s of factory workers at Renault Nissan, Chennai are demanding for heat allowance to deal with the hotter months of the summer. What is a heat allowance? Similar to a hardship allowance that people working in hostile conditions are entitled, Section 2(22) of the Employee State Insurance Act defines 'wages' as meaning: “All remuneration paid or payable in cash to an employee, if the terms of the contract of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled and includes any payment to an employee in respect of...