Question

Discuss the salient features of the payment of wages act 1936

Answer 1

The main objective for the introduction of the Payments of Wages Act ,1936 is to avoid unnecessary delay in the payment of wages and to prevent unauthorised deduction from the wages

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:The salient features of the payment of wages act 1936 are as follows:

a) The Act was formed with the intention to regulate timely payment of wages to specific class of workers employed in industry without any wrongful deductions apart from what is mentioned in the Act.

b) The Act ensures that the salary be paid by 7th of each month in factories/establishments having a workforce of less than 1000 workers and by 10th of each month in other cases.

c) The Act ensures fixing of wage period, time and mode of payment of wages.

d) The Act does not cover those whose wage is Rs. 24,000/- or more per month.

e) The Act provides a worker with its duly right as covered under the Act.

f) The Act empowers a worker to file a claim directly or through a Trade Union or through an Inspector, before with the Authority appointed under the Payment of Wages Act in case there is a delay in wages or in case of an unauthorized deduction

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