Payment of Wages Act · 5
Time of payment of wages
Wages to be paid before the seventh day (establishments under 1,000 persons) or tenth day after the last day of the wage period; on termination, within two working days.
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Payment of Wages Act, 1936
1936 · Ministry of Labour and Employment · 26 sections
Regulates the timely payment of wages without unauthorised deductions to employees drawing up to the notified wage ceiling, with a summary remedy before the Authority.
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Payment of Wages Act · 7
Deductions which may be made from wages
Only the deductions authorised by the Act — fines, absence from duty, damage or loss, house accommodation, amenities, advances, loans, income tax, court orders, PF, cooperative society dues — and the total is capped.
Payment of Wages Act · 15
Claims arising out of deductions from wages or delay in payment
Application to the Authority within twelve months; the Authority may direct refund of the deduction or payment of delayed wages together with compensation of up to ten times the deduction or ₹3,000 for delay.
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