what were the rules regarding payment of wages
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The employer or the person responsible for making the payment of wages must pay in currency coins or currency notes or in both. Further, he cannot pay in kind. Also, the employer can pay the wages via a cheque or a direct deposit to the bank account of the employee after taking a written authorization from him.
Rules for Payment of Wages (Section 3-6)
The Payment of Wages Act, 1936, defines several rules to regulate the payment of wages to certain classes of employed persons in India. In this article, we will focus on the rules for payment of wages act which is specified under sections 3 to 6.
Rules for Payment of Wages
The four sections which detail the rules for payment of wages under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 are:
Responsibility for payment of wages – Section 3
Fixation of wage periods – Section 4
Time of payment of wages – Section 5
Wages to be paid in currency notes or currency coins – Section 6
Let’s look at each of these sections in detail.
Section 3 – Responsibility for Payment of Wages
(1) Every employer is responsible for the payment of all wages to all the employees that he employs. In any other case, if the employer names a person, or if there is a person responsible to the employer or is nominated, then such a person is responsible for the payment of wages.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the employer is responsible to make the payment of all wages which the Act requires him to make. In fact, if the contractor or the person that the employer designates to make the payment fails to do so, then the responsibility lies with the employer.