The MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948
maharashtra · 1948
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- S. 1The section establishes minimum wage rights for employees in scheduled employments and prohibits agreements to reduce these rates.
- S. 2Interpretation
- S. 31[The employer shall allow a day of rest with wages to the employees every week
- S. 4Minimum rate of wages
- S. 4ASection allows the Central Government or nominating body to appoint a substitute for absent committee members.
- S. 5Section 5 allows complaints about wage law violations to be filed with a court by an Inspector, with specific time limits.
- S. 6Section 6 authorizes the Central Government to appoint staff for committees and boards, defining their roles and meeting participation.
- S. 7Deductions:
- S. 8Balance of fine fund in hand at the end of the year Dated
- S. 9Section 9 outlines the process for ceasing and potentially restoring membership in committees due to non-attendance.
- S. 10Section 10 bars individuals declared mentally unfit, undischarged insolvents, or convicted of moral turpitude from serving on wage committees.
- S. 11Wages in kind
- S. 12Employment in tanneries and leather manufactory
- S. 13Fixing hours for a normal working day, etc
- S. 14Overtime
- S. 15Wages of worker who works for less than normal working day
- S. 16Wages for two or more classes of work
- S. 17Section 17 mandates forwarding meeting proceedings to members and the Central Government, with confirmation at the next meeting.
- S. 18Section 18 allows committees to summon witnesses and request documents for wage-related investigations.
- S. 19Inspectors
- S. 20Claims
- S. 21Section 21 mandates timely wage payments and permissible deductions for specific acts or neglects in Maharashtra's Minimum Wages Act, 1948.
- S. 22Section 22 mandates employers to display minimum wage notices and allows weekly rest days, typically Sunday, for employees.
- S. 22AGeneral provision for punishment of other offences
- S. 22BCognizance of Offences
- S. 22DPayment of undisbursed amounts due to employees
- S. 22EProtection against attachment of assets of employer with Government
- S. 22FApplication of Payment of Wages Act, 1936, to scheduled employments
- S. 23Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases
- S. 24Section 24 sets the standard working hours for adults, children, and adolescents in Maharashtra, with specific provisions for night shifts and agricultural employment.
- S. 25Contracting out
- S. 26Form of registers and records:-3[(1) A Register of Wages shall be maintained by every employer at the workspot in Form
- S. 27Section 27 outlines the application process for minimum wage claims by employed persons or groups in Maharashtra.
- S. 28Section 28 authorizes an employed person to appoint a representative in Form VIII for wage-related applications.
- S. 29Section 29 outlines the procedure for parties to appear before the authority in wage-related applications, including ex parte hearings and dismissals for non-appearance.
- S. 30Power of appropriate Government to make rules
- S. 31Section 31 specifies court fees for proceedings under section 20 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (Maharashtra).