Search Results for Tag : Wages Act

Notifications & Circulars

Government Clarification on Amendment to Payment of Wages Act(21.12.2016)

It is seen from the media reports that there is a general impression that is being created that the Government is bringing an amendment to the Payment.....

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News

Bombay HC Directs Minimum Wages for Community Health Volunteers, Rejecting Honorarium-Based Pay(18.08.2026)

Bombay HC held that Community Health Volunteers engaged by the Mumbai civic body are entitled to minimum wages for their duty hours. The Court ruled t.....

Tags : Minimum Wages Act; Community Health Volunteers; Honorarium

Govt Increases Wage Ceiling Under Payment of Wages Act From 18,000 To 24,000(31.08.2017)

Ministry of Labour and Employment has specified Rupees Twenty Four Thousand per month as the wages under sub-section (6) of section 1 of the Payment o.....

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Categorizing Unskilled Employees As Semi-Skilled on Basis of Their Experience is Ultra Vires: SC(02.05.2019)

Supreme Court has held that categorization of unskilled employees as semiskilled and semi-skilled as skilled on the basis of their experience in the n.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Minimum Wages Act, Skilled Employees

Cal. HC: WB Government Directed to Finalise Minimum Wage of Tea Plantation Workers Within Six Weeks(17.04.2024)

Calcutta High Court has directed the State of West Bengal to decide the issue of minimum wages of tea plantation workers under the Minimum Wages Act, .....

Tags : Calcutta High Court, State of West Bengal, Minimum Wages Act, 1948

SC: Wages Withheld Due To Disciplinary Action Can’t Be Restored Under Payment of Wages Act(07.06.2017)

Supreme Court has held that prescribed authority under Payment of Wages Act(PWA) is not an appellate authority in disciplinary proceedings and therefo.....

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SC: Deemed Income of Homemaker Can’t Be Less Than Daily Wages Prescribed Under Minimum Wages Act(23.02.2024)

Supreme Court while granting compensation of Rs. 6 Lakh for the death of a woman, has held that the deceased was a homemaker, her direct and indirect .....

Tags : Supreme Court, Minimum Wages Act, Compensation