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THE CODE ON WAGES ACT, 2019

2019

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Apprentices Act, 1961

Apprenticeship Rules, 1992

Boilers Act, 1923

Building Contruction Workers Act, 1996

Building Contruction Workers Cess Act, 1996

Building Contruction Workers Cess Rules, 1998

Child Labour Act, 1986

Code on Wages Act, 2019

Contract Labour Act, 1970

Dangerous Machines Act, 1983

Dangerous Machines Rules, 1984

EDLIS Scheme, 1976

Employees Compensation Act, 1923

Employees Pension Scheme, 1995

Employees Provident Fund Scheme, 1952

Employers Liability Act, 1938

Employment Exchanges Act, 1959

Employment Exchanges Rules, 1960

Equal Remuneration Act, 1976

Equal Remuneration Rules, 1976

ESI (Central) Rules, 1950

ESI (General Provident Fund) Rules, 1950

ESI (General) Regulations, 1950

Exemptions From Registers and Returns Act, 1988

Factories Act, 1948

Fatal Accidents Act, 1855

Gratuity Act, 1972

ID (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act, 1949

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

Industrial Relations Code, 2020

Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act, 1979

Maternity Benefit Act, 1961

Mines Act, 1952

Minimum Wages Act, 1948

Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961

Occupational Safety and Working Conditions Code, 2020

Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 1995

Payment of Bonus Act, 1965

Payment of Bonus Rules, 1975

Payment of Wages (Air Transport Services) Rules, 1968

Payment of Wages Act, 1936

Payment of Wages Nomination Rules, 2009

Payment of Wages Recovery Rules, 1966

Plantations Labour Act, 1951

Prevention of Food Adulteration Rules, 1955

Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act, 2013

Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women Rules, 2013

Sales Promotion Employees Act, 1976

Sales Promotion Employees Rules, 1976

Social Security Code, 2020

Standing Orders Act, 1946

Trade Unions Act, 1926

Transgender Persons Act, 2019

Unorganised Workers Social Security Act, 2008

Unorganised Workers Social Security Rules, 2009

Weekly Holidays Act, 1942

Working Journalists Act, 1955

Working Journalists Rates of Wages Act, 1958

Working Journalists Rules, 1957

Chapter I - Preliminary

1. Short title, extent, and commencement

3. Prohibition of discrimination on ground of gender

4. Discussion as to disputes with regard to same or similar nature of work

Chapter II - Minimum Wages

5. Payment of minimum rate of wages

6. Fixation of minimum wages

7. Components of minimum wage

8. Procedure for fixing and revising minimum wages

9. Power of Central Government to fix floor wage

10. Wage of employee who works for less than normal working day

11. Wages for to or more classes of work

12. Minimum time rate for piece work

13. Fixing hours of work for normal working day

14. Wages for overtime work

Chapter III - Payment of Wages

15. Mode of payment of wages

16. Fixation of wage period

17. Time limit for payment of wages

18. Deductions which may be made from wages

20. Deductions for absence from duty

21. deductions for damage or loss

22. Deductions for services rendered

23. Deductions for recovery of advances

24. Deductions for recovery of loans

25. Chapter not to apply to Government establishments

Chapter IV - Payment of Bonus

26. Eligibility for bonus etc

27. Proportionate reduction of bonus in certain cases

28. Computation of number of working days

29. Disqualification of bonus

30. Establishments to include departments, undertakings and branches

31. Payment of bonus out of allocable surplus

32. Computation of gross profits

33. Computation of available surplus

34. Sums deductible from gross profits

35. Calculation of direct tax payable by the employer

36. Set on and set off of allocable surplus

37. Adjustment of customary or interim bonus against bonus payable under code

38. Deduction of certain amounts from bonus payable

39. Time limit for payment of bonus

40. Application of this chapter to establishments in public sector in certain cases

41. Non-applicability of this chapter

Chapter V - Advisory Board

42. Central Advisory Board and State Advisory Boards

Chapter VI - Payment of Dues, Claims and Audit

43. Responsibility for payment of various dues

44. Payment of various undisbursed dues in case of death of employee

45. Claims under code and procedure thereof

46. Reference of disputes under this code

47. Presumption about accuracy of balance sheet and profit and loss account of corporations and companies

48. Audit of account of employers not being corporations or companies

50. Records, returns and notices

Chapter VII - Inspector-Cum-Facilitator

51. Appointment of Inspector-cum-facilitators and their powers

52. Cognizance of offenses

53. Power of officers of appropriate governments to impose penalty in certain cases

54. Penalties for offenses

55. Offenses by Companies

56. Composition of Offenses

Chapter IX - Miscellaneous

57. Bar of suits

58. Protection of action taken in good faith

59. Burden of proof

60. Contracting out

61. Effects of laws, agreements, etc., inconsistent with this code

62. Delegation of powers

63. Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases

64. Protection against attachments of assets of employer with Government

65. Power of central government to give directions

67. Power of appropriate Government to make rules

68. Power to remove difficulties

69. Repeal and Saving

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