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