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You may check and confirm if this is a firm covered by ( Name of the state) Shops and Establishments Act....................and go thru each clause of the Act.You will find your answers.
1. Usualy it is mentioned that appointment letter should be supplied to all employees.
2. Salary slip should be supplied at least a day before fixed date/day for disbursment of wages.
3. As per the Act and ( Name of the state) Shops and Establishments Rules the employer has to maintain and submit prescribed registers on wages/OT/attendance/leave etc to Inspectorate.YOu can obtain the copies thru Inspector or RTI.
4. This record is in employer's custody and it may not share with you. Download the attaendance recoird and maintain it.
5. At any point of time the highest number of employees shall decide. It has to register in any case.Trainees (may be a nomencalyure and for name sake only......................and may actually be employees to be on rolls)/ contractual employees ....................etc all are counted.
6. Employee can lodge complaint the moment payment of earned wages is delayed even if for a day, and employer can be penalized as per provisions say Rs.7500/instance.
Non Payment of wages by the fixed day is breach by employer and renders it unworthy to be employed with. Unpaid wages/emoulments are debt on employer.
7. Obtain instructions for off days/holidays in writing or record it(audio/visual/minuted/witnessed) and demand for OT@ double wages.
There are many employee's/trade unions that may embrace you.
You can consult them and an able labor Law Consultant/Service matters lawyer/law firm specializing in such-labor-service matters...........................and your counsels may opine that you can approach:
Inspector appointed under :( Name of the state) Shops and Establishments Act, Payment of Wages Act, higher officials of Dept. of Labor, o/o Labor Commissioner, Court of law...................