The employer is required to contribute at the rate of 4.75% of the wages paid/payable in respect of every wage period. The employees are also required to contribute at the rate of 1.75% of their wages, except when the "average daily wages in a wage period" are equal to or less than Rs. 40. Employees earning less than and up to Rs. 40 per day are exempted from payment of contribution.
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