Labour Law Project

Topic: Meaning of Wages and Provisions Related to Wages in

Various Laws

Contents

1. Introduction

2. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936

 Application of the Act

 Meaning of wages

 Responsibility for Payment of wages

 Wage period for payment of wages

 Deductions from Wages allowable under the Act

 Maintenance of registers and records

 Rights of employees

 Penalties

 Payment in case of death of the employed person whose wages are not

disbursed

3. Minimum Wages Act, 1948

 Employer’s Checklist for Minimum Wages

 Fixation of Minimum Wage Rate in India

 Norms for fixing minimum wage

 Cost of Living Allowance

 Variable Dearness Allowance

4. Conclusion
 5. Bibliography

Case List

1. Automobile Transport (Rajasthan) P. Ltd. v. Labour Commissioner, 1964 (2)

LLJ 623 (Raj)
2. Basavaraja Chemma Naik v. Karnataka Veneers Ltd., 1985 (67) FJR 27 (Kar)
3. C.S.Parameswaram v. Authority under Minimum Wages Act, 1970 LIC 315
4. Chief Officer, Town Municipal Council, Nippani v. Ramchandra Dattatreya
Patil, AIR 1969 Mysore 202
5. Crown Aluminium Works v. Their Workmen, AIR 1958 SC 30
6. M.L.Gupta v. City Magistrate, AIR 1960 All. 541
7. Manganese Ore(India) Ltd. v. Chandilal Sahu, 1991 LLR 151
8. Municipal Committee, Raikot v. Shamlal Kaura, 1996 (1) LLJ 57 (SC)
9. Murugan Transports v. Radhakrishnan, AIR 1961 Mad 310
10. Poly Plast Pvt. Ltd. v. Shiv Prasad, 2007 (1) LLN 47
11. Radhey Shyam v. Labour Inspector, 1982 (44) FLR 176 (Raj)
12. Ramaswami Doss v. Rama Pillai, AIR 1955 Mad. 569
13. S. Ponnambalan v. Deputy Labour Commissioner, 1995 (1) LLJ 135 (Ker)
14. State of Jharkhand through of Labour v. Nirmal Singh, 2005 (2) LLJ 345
15. State of Rajasthan v. Mohan Singh and others, 2003 (96) FLR 4 (Raj.)
16. Robert Toppo v. State of Jharkhand and others, 2003 (98) FLR 716 (Raj)
17. Tamil Nadu spinning Mills Association, Dindigul v.State of Tamil Nadu, 2008 (1)
LLN 583 (Del.)