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India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

Code on Wages, 2019 (No. 29 of 2019). -

Adoption: 2019-08-08 | IND-2019-L-110007

The Wage Code consolidates the provisions of four labour laws concerning wage and bonus payments and makes universal the provisions for minimum wages and timely payment of wages for all workers in India. It repeals the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, and the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976.

Chapter I - Preliminary
Chapter II - Minimum Wages
Chapter III - Payment of Wages
Chapter IV - Payment of Bonus
Chapter V - Advisory Board
Chapter VI - Payment of Dues, Claims and Audit
Chapter VII - Inspector-cum-Facilitator
Chapter VIII - Offences and Penalties
Chapter IX - Miscellaneous

India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2017 (No.1 of 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-02-15 | IND-2017-L-106426

India - Conditions of employment - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Rules, 2016 (G.S.R. 1115(E)). -

Adoption: 2016-12-06 | IND-2016-M-106427

India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015 (No. 6 of 2016). -

Adoption: 2015-12-31 | IND-2015-L-106429

India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act No. 21 of 2015). -

Adoption: 2015-12-05 | IND-2015-L-111104

Amends the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970 (No. 37 of 1970) with respect to its application in Andhra Pradesh.

India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

Factories (Andhra Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act No. 13 of 2015). -

Adoption: 2015-08-31 | IND-2015-L-111107

Amends the Factories Act 1948 (No. 63 of 1948) with respect to its application to Andhra Pradesh. It amends sections 2, 85 and 105 and introduces a new section 106B concerning compounding offences.

India - Conditions of employment - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Rules, 2014 (G.S.R. 784(E).). -

Adoption: 2014-11-10 | IND-2014-M-106428

India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2007 (No. 45 of 2007). -

Adoption: 2007-12-12 | IND-2007-L-106435

India - Conditions of employment - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 (No. 8 of 2007). -

Adoption: 2007-10-27 | Date of entry into force: 2006-04-01 | IND-2007-R-106436

India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2005 (No. 41 of 2005). -

Adoption: 2005-09-05 | IND-2005-L-72596

Amends sections 1 and 2 of the 1936 Act and substitutes section 3 concerning responsibility for payment of wages.

India - Conditions of employment - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Uttar Pradesh Industrial Employment Model Standing Orders [as amended, with comments and references to cases up to 1994].

Adoption: 1992-07-24 | IND-1992-R-48113

India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act 1984 (No. 25 of 1984).

Adoption: 1984-05-18 | IND-1984-L-5212

Amends the Payment of Gratuity Act (No. 39 of 1972) in relation to powers of inspection and payments made in relation to superannuation.

India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

Payment of Gratuity (Second Amendment) Act 1984 (No. 26 of 1984).

Adoption: 1984-05-16 | IND-1984-L-5213

Amends the Payment of Gratuity Act (No. 39 of 1972) in relation to defining continuous service for purposes of that Act.

India - Conditions of employment - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Payment of Bonus Rules, 1965. -

Adoption: 1975-08-21 | IND-1975-R-75377

Provides rules on the maintenance of registers, etc.

India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries (Amendment) Act 1973 (No. 28 of 1973).

Adoption: 1973-09-07 | IND-1973-L-15874

An Act to further amend the Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries Act 1951 [No. XX]. Amends s. 12.

India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

The Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 (No. 39 of 1972). -

Adoption: 1972-08-21 | IND-1972-L-32071

Provides for a scheme for the payment of gratuity (a specific sum in addition to basic pay relating to length of completed service) to employees engaged in factories, mines, oilfields, plantations, ports, railway companies, shops and certain other enterprises employing ten or more persons.

India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

Amendment to the Minimum Wages Act 1948 (No. 11 of 1948).

Adoption: 1971-06-18 | IND-1971-L-17093

Revised schedule of classes of employment and minimum rates of wages for manual workers, including young workers, children and apprentices with particular reference to the cotton industry.

India - Conditions of employment - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central (Amendment) Rules 1970 G.S.R. 732.

Adoption: 1971-05-12 | IND-1971-R-17091

Amends the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central Rules 1946, under the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act (No. 20 of 1946). Inter alia, inserts new Schedule IA: Model standing orders for industrial establishments in coal mines (classification of workmen, wage payments, shift work, leave, termination of employment, stoppages of work at the initiative of the employer, labour discipline, etc.).

India - Conditions of employment - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules 1971 (G.S.R. 191, dated 1st February, 1971). -

Adoption: 1971-02-01 | Date of entry into force: 1971-02-10 | IND-1971-R-27806

Chapter 1: Preliminary Chapter 2: Central Board Chapter 3: Regulation and Licensing Chapter 4: Appeals and Procedure Chapter 5: Welfare and Health of Contract Labour Chapter 6: Wages Chapter 7: Registers and Records and Collection of Statistics

India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970 (No. 37 of 1970). -

Adoption: 1970-09-05 | Date of entry into force: 1971-02-01 | IND-1970-L-27805

Chapter 1: Preliminary Chapter 2: Advisory Boards Chapter 3: Registration of Establishments Employing Contract Labour Chapter 4: Licensing of Contractors Chapter 5: Welfare and Health of Contract Labour Chapter 6: Penalties and Procedure Chapter 7: Miscellaneous

India - Conditions of employment - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

G.S.R. 15: Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) (Karnataka) Rules 1969. (G.S.R. 15: Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) (Mysore) Rules 1969.)

Adoption: 1969-12-24 | IND-1969-R-17863

India - Conditions of employment - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

Notification No. 4279-I.R./IR/-2/66: Amendments to the Bengal Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Rules 1946.

Adoption: 1969-04-17 | IND-1969-M-17864

Replaces Appendix A (Model standing orders).

India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

The Payment of Bonus Act 1965 (No. 21 of 1965). -

Adoption: 1965-09-25 | IND-1965-L-32070

Provides for the payment of bonuses to persons employed in specified establishments.

India - Conditions of employment - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Minimum Wages (Central) Rules, 1950. -

Adoption: 1950-10-16 | IND-1950-R-75379

India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

The Minimum Wages Act 1948 (No. 11 of 1948). -

Adoption: 1948-03-15 | IND-1948-L-32069

Provides for the fixing of minimum wage rates in specified employments.

India - Conditions of employment - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central Rules, 1946 (L.R. 11 (37)). -

Adoption: 1946-12-18 | IND-1946-R-48112

Provides model standing orders for establishments in the coal mining industry and additional items in all industries. Inter alia, these orders cover hours of work, payment of wages, termination of employment, age of retirement, and discipline.

India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 (No. 20 of 1946). -

Adoption: 1946-04-23 | IND-1946-L-48111

Requires industrial establishments to submit standing orders which shall provide for matters related to hours of work, paid leave, termination of employment, dismissal, and discipline.

India - Conditions of employment - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Payment of Wages (Procedure) Rules, 1937. -

Adoption: 1937-02-24 | IND-1937-R-75380

Rules issued under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936.

India - Conditions of employment - Law, Act

The Payment of Wages Act 1936 (Act No. 4 of 1936). -

Adoption: 1936-04-23 | IND-1936-L-32072

Regulates the payment of wages to specified classes of workers, in respect of responsibility for payment of wages; fixation of wage periods; form in which wages to be paid; deductions; maintenance of records; inspection; penalties and related matters.