Article 2199

Any work shall be deemed to be done in consideration of wages, unless it is the custom that the work should be done without payment or the work falls within the professional duties of the person who carries it out.

Wages shall be paid only for work done except that an employee is entitled to wages where he is ready but unable to work for reasons not attributable to him.

If, in the case provided for in sub-Article (2), the employee is entitled to wages which are not to be paid at time-rate, regard shall be had to the average wages paid to employees who, in the undertaking, are doing the same work. Regard shall be had also to the average wages paid to the employee in the month preceding his cessation of work.

The employer may deduct from the wages the savings which the employee has made by not doing his work.