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1948
ATHIRA.G.VIJAY
REG NO:0805111
PURPOSE & OBJECTIVE
• The objective of this Act is to ensure a minimum
subsistence wage for workers.
• To provide for fixing minimum rates of wages in certain
employments.
• The purpose of the Act is to statutorily determine the
floor wage in industry and trade where labor
organisation are either nor existent or ineffective.
• The Act is applicable to the whole of India.
Features of the Minimum Wages Act
To make review at such intervals not exceeding five years the minimum rates or so
fixed and revised the minimum rates.
time work
Piece work for the purpose of securing to such employees on a time work basis
Overtime work done by employees for piece work or time rate workers.
Minimum Rate of
wages(sec.4)
Section 9
• Each of the committees sub-committees and the Advisory Board shall
consist of persons to be nominated by the appropriate government
representing employers and employees in the scheduled employments
who shall be equal in number and independent persons not exceeding
one-third of its total number of members;
•
• Section 11 - Wages in kind
PAYMENT OF MINIMUM RATES OF WAGES(sec 12)
WAGES FOR TWO OR MORE CLASSES
OF WORK
Section 16
• Where an employee does two or more classes of work to each of which a
different minimum rate of wages is applicable the employer shall pay to
such employee in respect of the time respectively occupied in each such
class of work wages at not less than the minimum rate in force in
respect of each such class.
MINIMUM TIME RATE WAGES FOR PIECE WORK (sec
17)
rate
Who may be an
Who may apply???
Authority??? v The employee
any commissioner for
Workmen’s himself…
compensation, or v Any practitioner
Any officer of the
central govt. v Any official of a
exercising functions registered trade
as a labor
commissioner for union authorized in
any region, or writing to act on his
Any officer of the state
govt not below the behalf
rank of a labor v Any inspector
commissioner , or
Any other officer with v Any person acting
experience as a with the permission
Offences and penalties (sec
•
22)
Any employer who pays to any employee less than the
minimum rate of wages fixed for that employee’s class
of work or less than the amount due to him under the
provisions of the Act
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