Minimum wage
HAROON SHAIKH
(Querist) 09 May 2013
This query is : Resolved
i am working in a an light engg. industry
for the last 10 years.i have not paid wages
according to minimum wages act.
iam working as a clerk in this firm.
can i calim for the wages uner this act.
please give your legal opinion & advice.
h.h.shaikh
Devajyoti Barman
(Expert) 09 May 2013
You are entitled to minimum wages payable to industrial worker.
Kuummaar AS
(Expert) 09 May 2013
By what mode you are paid wages and do you sign some documents also?
Kumar Doab
(Expert) 09 May 2013
-Salary Slip: As per Payment of Wages Act the salary slip should be supplied/signed by employee and record should be maintained for 3 years.
6. Wages to be paid in current coin or currency notes.- All wages shall be paid in current coin or currency notes or in both:
5*[Provided that the employer may, after obtaining the written authorisation of the employed person, pay him the wages either by cheque or by crediting the wages in his bank account.]
13A. Maintenance of registers and records.
5*[13A. Maintenance of registers and records.-(1) Every employer shall maintain such registers and records giving such particulars of persons employed by him, the work performed by them, the wages paid to them, the deductions made from their wages, the receipts given by them and such other particulars and in such form as may be prescribed.
(2) Every register and record required to be maintained under this section shall, for the purposes of this Act, be preserved for a period of three years after the date of the last entry made therein.]
15. Claims arising out of deductions from wages or delay in payment of wages and
penalty for malicious or vexatious claims.
