LEGISLATION ANALYTICS OF PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT, 1936

AUTHOR – PRATHANA.G.S. STUDENT AT SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Best Citation – PRATHANA.G.S, LEGISLATION ANALYTICS OF PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT, 1936, ILE JOURNAL OF LAW AND HUMANITARIAN STUDIES (ILE JLHS), 1 (1) of 2023, Pg. 36-39, APIS – 3920 – 0057 | ISBN – 978-81-964391-3-2

ABSTRACT

Labour law is generally a set of Rules and Regulations that are formed for the peaceful functioning of relationship between the employer and employee. It was implemented to reduce and solve the Issues arises between the employer and the employee. It also plays a vital role in order to avoid child labour, to check the proper functioning of Employers and employee and for various other function regulations. Payment of Wages Act was regulated to ensure and protect the rights of the workers whether the Timely payment was given to the workers and to provide Social and Economic security to the workers especially Equal Payment to both Men and Women in case of same level of skills and work is done by both to the Company. This Legislation deals with Employment and non-employment of members, their wages, industrial relations, working conditions, social security of persons who are employed in the Industries. The Objectives of the Act are to regulate payment of wages, impose fines and to impose set of rules on when deductions can be made from wages of the employees, and helps in eliminating all malpractices by laying down wage periods. The Act, therefore, makes sure of payment of wages in a particular form at regular intervals.^[1]

KEYWORDS – Wages, Deductions, Remunerations, Employees, Penalties

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[1] https://www.py.gov.in/sites/default/files/labour-wages.pdf , last visited June 15 , 2023