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PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT

1936

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Related Legislation: - Payment of Wages (Air Transport Services) Rules , 1968 - Payment of Wages (Manner of Recovery of Excess Deductions) Rules , 1966 - The Payment of Wages (Nomination) Rules , 2009 - Andhra Pradesh Payment of Wages Rules , 1937 - The Assam Payment of Wages Rules, 1937 , 1937 - Bihar Payment of Wages Rules, 1937 , 1937 - Gujarat Payment of Wages (Manner for Excess Deductions) Rules , 1968 - Gujarat Payment of Wages (Unclaimed Amounts) Rules , 1943 - The Gujarat Payment of Wages Rules , 1937 - The Punjab Payment of Wages Rules , 1937 - Himachal Pradesh Payment of Wages (Procedure ) Rules , 1979 - Himachal Pradesh Payment of Wages Rules , 1979 - Jammu and Kashmir Payment of Wages Rules , 1972 - JHARKHAND PAYMENT OF WAGES RULES , 1937 - Karnataka Payment of Wages Rules , 1963 - Kerala - Manner of Recovery of Excess Deductions , 1968 - Kerala Payment of Undisbursed Wages , 1998 - The Kerala Payment of Wages (General) Rules , 1958 - The Maharashtra Payment of Wages Rules , 1963 - Madhya Pradesh Payment of Wages Rules , 1962 - The Delhi Payment of Wages Rules , 1937 - The Orissa Payment of Wages Rules , 1936 - The Punjab Payment of Wages Rules , 1937 - Rajasthan Payment of Wages Rules , 1961 - THE RAJASTHAN PAYMENT OF WAGES (UNCLAIMED AMOUNTS) RULES , 1972 - The Tamil Nadu Payment of Wages Rules , 1937 - U.P. Payment of Wages Rules , 1936 - West Bengal Payment of Wages Rules , 1958

About The Act

Objectives
The Payment of Wages Act aims at regulating the payment of wages to certain classes of employed persons. It provides for the imposition of fines and deductions and lays down wage periods and time and mode of payment of wages. Thus the Act ensures payment of wages in a particular form at regular intervals without unauthorised deductions.
Applicability
The Payment of Wages Act extends to the whole of India. It is applicable to any factory, any railway establishment and any industrial or other establishment like tramway service, motor transport service, air, oilfied, plantation, workshop, or other establishment producing, adapting or manufacturing any article, establishments engaged in construction, development and maintenance of buildings, roads, bridges or canals, navigation, irrigation or water supply,transmission, generation and distribution of electricity/power and any other establishment notified by the Central or a State Government. The Act is not applicable to persons whose wages are 24,000 or more per month.
Related Sections of the Act
Section 1 :  Short title, extent, commencement and application Section 1 :  Short title, extent, commencement and application Section 24 :  Delegation of Powers Section 24 :  Delegation of Powers
Important Definitions
2(1b) – Employer
2(1b) – Employer
2(1c) – Factory
2(1c) – Factory
2(2) – Industrial or other establishment
2(2) – Industrial or other establishment
2(2A) – Mine
2(2A) – Mine
2(3) – Plantationr
2(3) – Plantationr
2(5) – Railway administration
2(5) – Railway administration
2(6) – Wages
2(6) – Wages
Related Notifications
Fac. 52(1) – Notification Extending Provisions Of Act To Employees Of Industrial Establishments  (30-Dec-1947)
Fac. 52(1) – Notification Extending Provisions Of Act To Employees Of Industrial Establishments  (30-Dec-1947)
Fac. 52(1) – Notification Extending Provisions Of Act To Employees Of Industrial Establishments  (30-Dec-1947)
Fac. 52(1) – Notification Extending Provisions Of Act To Employees Of Industrial Establishments  (30-Dec-1947)