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Minimum Wages Act
An Act to provide for fixing minimum rates of wages in certain employments.
Act Id | 194811 |
Act Number | 11 |
Enactment Date | 1948-03-15 |
Act Year | 1948 |
Ministry | Ministry of Labour and Employment |
Enforcement Date | 15-03-1948 |
- All sections
- 1 Short title and extent
- 2 Interpretation
- 3 Fixing of minimum rates of wages
- 4 Minimum rate of wages
- 5 Procedure for fixing and revising minimum wages
- 6 [Omitted.]
- 7 Advisory Board
- 8 Central Advisory Board
- 9 Composition of committees, etc
- 10 Correction of errors
- 11 Wages in kind
- 12 Payment of minimum rates of wages
- 13 Fixing hours for a normal working day, etc
- 14 Overtime
- 15 Wages of worker who works for less than normal working day
- 16 Wages for two or more classes of work
- 17 Minimum time rate wages for piece work
- 18 Maintenance of registers and records
- 19 Inspectors
- 20 Claims
- 21 Single application in respect of a number of employees
- 22 Penalties for certain offences
- 22A General provision for punishment of other offences
- 22B Cognizance of offences
- 22C Offences by companies
- 22D Payment of undisbursed amounts due to employees
- 22E Protection against attachment of assets of employer with Government
- 22F Application of Payment of Wages Act, 1936, to scheduled employments
- 23 Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases
- 24 Bar of suits
- 25 Contracting out
- 26 Exemptions and exceptions
- 27 Power of State Government to add to Schedule
- 28 Power of Central Government to give directions
- 29 Power of the Central Government to make rules
- 30 Power of appropriate Government to make rules
- 30A Rules made by Central Government to be laid before Parliament
- 31 Validation of fixation of certain minimum rates of wages