Chapter I - Preliminary
Section 1 : Short title, extent, and commencement
Section 2 : Definitions
Section 3 : Prohibition of discrimination on ground of gender
Section 4 : Discussion as to disputes with regard to same or similar nature of work
Chapter II - Minimum Wages
Section 5 : Payment of minimum rate of wages
Section 6 : Fixation of minimum wages
Section 7 : Components of minimum wage
Section 8 : Procedure for fixing and revising minimum wages
Section 9 : Power of Central Government to fix floor wage
Section 10 : Wage of employee who works for less than normal working day
Section 11 : Wages for to or more classes of work
Section 12 : Minimum time rate for piece work
Section 13 : Fixing hours of work for normal working day
Section 14 : Wages for overtime work
Chapter III - Payment of Wages
Section 15 : Mode of payment of wages
Section 16 : Fixation of wage period
Section 17 : Time limit for payment of wages
Section 18 : Deductions which may be made from wages
Section 19 : Fines
Section 20 : Deductions for absence from duty
Section 21 : deductions for damage or loss
Section 22 : Deductions for services rendered
Section 23 : Deductions for recovery of advances
Section 24 : Deductions for recovery of loans
Section 25 : Chapter not to apply to Government establishments
Chapter IV - Payment of Bonus
Section 26 : Eligibility for bonus etc
Section 27 : Proportionate reduction of bonus in certain cases
Section 28 : Computation of number of working days
Section 29 : Disqualification of bonus
Section 30 : Establishments to include departments, undertakings and branches
Section 31 : Payment of bonus out of allocable surplus
Section 32 : Computation of gross profits
Section 33 : Computation of available surplus
Section 34 : Sums deductible from gross profits
Section 35 : Calculation of direct tax payable by the employer
Section 36 : Set on and set off of allocable surplus
Section 37 : Adjustment of customary or interim bonus against bonus payable under code
Section 38 : Deduction of certain amounts from bonus payable
Section 39 : Time limit for payment of bonus
Section 40 : Application of this chapter to establishments in public sector in certain cases
Section 41 : Non-applicability of this chapter
Chapter V - Advisory Board
Section 42 : Central Advisory Board and State Advisory Boards
Chapter VI - Payment of Dues, Claims and Audit
Section 43 : Responsibility for payment of various dues
Section 44 : Payment of various undisbursed dues in case of death of employee
Section 45 : Claims under code and procedure thereof
Section 46 : Reference of disputes under this code
Section 47 : Presumption about accuracy of balance sheet and profit and loss account of corporations and companies
Section 48 : Audit of account of employers not being corporations or companies
Section 49 : Appeal
Section 50 : Records, returns and notices
Chapter VII - Inspector-Cum-Facilitator
Section 51 : Appointment of Inspector-cum-facilitators and their powers
Section 52 : Cognizance of offenses
Section 53 : Power of officers of appropriate governments to impose penalty in certain cases
Section 54 : Penalties for offenses
Section 55 : Offenses by Companies
Section 56 : Composition of Offenses
Chapter IX - Miscellaneous
Section 57 : Bar of suits
Section 58 : Protection of action taken in good faith
Section 59 : Burden of proof
Section 60 : Contracting out
Section 61 : Effects of laws, agreements, etc., inconsistent with this code
Section 62 : Delegation of powers
Section 63 : Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases
Section 64 : Protection against attachments of assets of employer with Government
Section 65 : Power of central government to give directions
Section 66 : Saving
Section 67 : Power of appropriate Government to make rules
Section 68 : Power to remove difficulties
Section 69 : Repeal and Saving