Code on Wages, 2019
Bare Act · 2019
An Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to wages and bonus and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
In the syllabus of: AIBE · CLAT PG · Delhi Higher Judiciary
- Act number
- 29 of 2019
- Enacted
- 8 August 2019
- Contents
- 69 sections · 9 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
- Section 1 – Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 3 – Prohibition of discrimination on ground of gender
- Section 4 – Decision 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 (preview)
- Section 7 – Components of minimum wages (preview)
- Section 8 – Procedure for fixing and revising minimum wages (preview)
- Section 9 – Power of Central Government to fix floor wage (preview)
- Section 10 – Wages of employee who works for less than normal working day (preview)
- Section 11 – Wages for two or more classes of work (preview)
- Section 12 – Minimum time rate wages for piece work (preview)
- Section 13 – Fixing hours of work for normal working day (preview)
- Section 14 – Wages for overtime work (preview)
Chapter III — Payment Of Wages
- Section 15 – Mode of payment of wages (preview)
- Section 16 – Fixation of wage period (preview)
- Section 17 – Time limit for payment of wages (preview)
- Section 18 – Deductions which may be made from wages (preview)
- Section 19 – Fines (preview)
- Section 20 – Deductions for absence from duty (preview)
- Section 21 – Deductions for damage or loss (preview)
- Section 22 – Deductions for services rendered (preview)
- Section 23 – Deductions for recovery of advances (preview)
- Section 24 – Deductions for recovery of loans (preview)
- Section 25 – Chapter not to apply to Government establishments (preview)
Chapter IV — Payment Of Bonus
- Section 26 – Eligibility for bonus, etc (preview)
- Section 27 – Proportionate reduction in bonus in certain cases (preview)
- Section 28 – Computation of number of working days (preview)
- Section 29 – Disqualification for bonus (preview)
- Section 30 – Establishments to include departments, undertakings and branches (preview)
- Section 31 – Payment of bonus out of allocable surplus (preview)
- Section 32 – Computation of gross profits (preview)
- Section 33 – Computation of available surplus (preview)
- Section 34 – Sums deductible from gross profits (preview)
- Section 35 – Calculation of direct tax payable by employer (preview)
- Section 36 – Set on and set off of allocable surplus (preview)
- Section 37 – Adjustment of customary or interim bonus against bonus payable under this Code (preview)
- Section 38 – Deduction of certain amounts from bonus payable (preview)
- Section 39 – Time limit for payment of bonus (preview)
- Section 40 – Application of this Chapter to establishments in public sector in certain cases (preview)
- Section 41 – Non-applicability of this Chapter (preview)
Chapter V — Advisory Board
Chapter VI — Payment Of Dues Claims And Audit
- Section 43 – Responsibility for payment of various dues (preview)
- Section 44 – Payment of various undisbursed dues in case of death of employee (preview)
- Section 45 – Claims under Code and procedure thereof (preview)
- Section 46 – Reference of disputes under this Code (preview)
- Section 47 – Presumption about accuracy of balance sheet and profit and loss account of corporations and companies (preview)
- Section 48 – Audit of account of employers not being corporations or companies (preview)
- Section 49 – Appeal (preview)
- Section 50 – Records, returns and notices (preview)
Chapter VII — Inspectory-Cum-Facilitator
Chapter VIII — Offences And Penalties
- Section 52 – Cognizance of offences (preview)
- Section 53 – Power of officers of appropriate Government to impose penalty in certain cases (preview)
- Section 54 – Penalties for offences (preview)
- Section 55 – Offences by companies (preview)
- Section 56 – Composition of offences (preview)
Chapter IX — Miscellaneous
- Section 57 – Bar of suits (preview)
- Section 58 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 59 – Burden of proof (preview)
- Section 60 – Contracting out (preview)
- Section 61 – Effect of laws agreements, etc., inconsistent with this Code (preview)
- Section 62 – Delegation of powers (preview)
- Section 63 – Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases (preview)
- Section 64 – Protection against attachments of assets of employer with Government (preview)
- Section 65 – Power of Central Government to give directions (preview)
- Section 66 – Saving (preview)
- Section 67 – Power of appropriate Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 68 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
- Section 69 – Repeal and savings (preview)