can any body help in telling what does the law says about maximum duration for which pay can be stopped of any government employee who is working regularly, just because of procedural delays?
Narender (MO) 22 January 2012
can any body help in telling what does the law says about maximum duration for which pay can be stopped of any government employee who is working regularly, just because of procedural delays?
Kumar Doab (FIN) 22 January 2012
Kindly look into the attachment.
The employer may give decorated answers which may be an eye wash. Procedural delays if any are bearing on the employer. The procedural delays can not go for eternity and time and again.
The payment of wages act is illustrative. You can lodge a complaint I writing with employer on your own, thru your union.
5. Time of payment of wages.- (1) The wages of every person
employed upon or in--
(a) any railway, factory or 1*[industrial or other
establishment] upon or in which less than one thousand
persons are employed, shall be paid before the expiry
of the seventh day,
(b) any other railway, factory or 1*[industrial or other
establishment], shall be paid before the expiry of the
tenth day
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.]
14.
Inspectors.
3*[(4) An Inspector may,--
(c) supervise the payment of wages to persons employed
upon any railway or in any factory or
2*[industrial or other establishment];
(d) require by a written order the production at such
place, as may be prescribed, of any register or
record maintained in pursuance of this Act and
take on the spot or otherwise statements of any
persons which he may consider necessary for
carrying out the purposes of this Act;
(e) seize or take copies of such registers or documents
or portions thereof as he may consider relevant in
respect of an offence under this Act which he has
reason to believe has been committed by an
employer;
14A.
Facilities to be afforded to Inspectors.
2*[14A. Facilities to be afforded to Inspectors.- Every employer
shall afford an Inspector all reasonable facilities for making any
entry, inspection, supervision, examination or inquiry under this
Act.]
15. or delay in payment
of the wages,
16. Single application in respect of claims from unpaid group.-
(1) Employed persons are said to belong to the same unpaid group if
they are borne on the same establishment
Narender (MO) 22 January 2012
Thanks Sir for timely response