Commentaries on Payment of Wages Act, 1936 with Rules | Latest

Commentaries on Payment of Wages Act, 1936 with Rules | Latest

The Payment of Wages Act, 1936 is one of the oldest labour law legislations in India which was enacted to give employees various benefits and regulate the payment of salaries by the employers. In a fast changing economy the needs of the workers as well as the industry are constantly changing which forces the courts to keep reinterpreting the provisions of existing legislations in newer contexts. This has also led to a large number of cases under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 being decided by the courts in India. It was due to this increase in the number of cases on the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 and the various interpretations given by these cases as well as amendments to the various Rules promulgated under the Act, Commentaries on Payment of Wages Act, 1936 with the latest case laws and amendments.

This book contains cases till June, 2023 from the major labour law journals of the country as well as the major rules and regulations such as the Payment of Wages (Procedure) Rules, 1937, the Payment of Wages (Railways) Rules, 1938, the Payment of Wages (Mines) Rules, 1956, the Payment of Wages (Air Transport Services) Rules, 1968 etc. as amended by the respective Amendment Rules of 2019.

The publishers therefore feel that this book will be extremely useful for Employers, Employees, Trade Unions, Lawyers, Industrial Tribunals, Labour Courts and all those dealing with Labour Laws.

This book contains:-

Preamble

Sections:-

1. Short title, extent, commencement and application

2. Definitions

3. Responsibility for payment of wages

4. Fixation of wage-periods

5. Time of payment of wages

6. Wages to be paid in current coin or currency notes

7. Deduction which may be made from wages

8. Fines

9. Deductions for absence from duty

10. Deductions for damage or loss

11. Deductions for services rendered

12. Deductions for recovery of advances

12-A. Deduction for recovery of loans

13. Deductions for payments to co-operative societies and insurance schemes

13-A. Maintenance of registers and records

14. Inspectors

14-A. Facilities to be afforded to Inspectors

15. Claims arising out of deductions from wages or delay in payment of wages and penalty for malicious or vexatious claims

16. Single application in respect of claims from unpaid group

17. Appeal

17-A. Conditional attachment of property of employer or other person responsible for payment of wages

18. Powers of Authorities appointed under section 15

19. Power to recover from employer in certain cases

20. Penalty for offences under the Act

21. Procedure in trial of offences

22. Bar of suits

22-A. Protection of action taken in good faith

23. Contracting out

24. Delegation of powers

25. Display by notice of abstracts of the Act

25-A. Payment of undisbursed wages in case of death of employed person

26. Rule-making power

• Payment of Wages (Procedure) Rules, 1937
• Payment of Wages (Air Transport Services) Rules, 1968
• Payment of Wages (Railways) Rules, 1938
• Payment of Wages (Mines) Rules, 1956
• Payment of Wages (Procedure) Application to Scheduled Employments Rules, 1962
• Payment of Wages (Deductions for National Defence Fund and Defence Savings Scheme) Rules, 1972
• Payment of Wages (Manner of Recovery of Excess Deductions) Rules, 1966
• Payment of Undisbursed Wages (Mines) Rules, 1989
• Payment of Undisbursed Wages (Air Transport Services) Rules, 1988
• Payment of Wages (Nomination) Rules, 2009
• Central Government Notifications