Penalty Under the Payment of Wages Act
What penalty can the labor authority impose under the Payment of Wages Act if an employer delays payment and makes unauthorized deductions?
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Paramjeet Singh
From India, Dehra Dun
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10What penalty can the labor authority impose under the Payment of Wages Act if an employer delays payment and makes unauthorized deductions?
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Paramjeet Singh
From India, Dehra Dun
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Dear Paramjeet Payment of wages authorities can impose a penality which may be imposed maximum 10 timesof delayed wages or unauthorised deduction.please refer section 15 of payment of wages act 1936.
From India, Delhi
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True, the Payment of Wages Act prescribes a penalty of 10 times. However, I have observed that in most cases, the respective High Courts have deemed the 10 times penalty as unjustified. Generally, the courts have justified a penalty of 3 or 5 times, depending on the circumstances.
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Kamal
From India, Pune
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Kamal
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Dear All, Howmany days we can delay the wages of workers as well as salary of the of the staff, if some problams in the company. Regards Ajay Sharma
From India, Lucknow
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Dear Malik ji, how are you? I hope you are keeping well. Just wanted to know whether a person who is in a senior post (D.G.M.) and whose company has not paid his full and final dues can file a case against the company under the Payment of Wages Act. Does he come under that? Kindly reply.
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Raj
From India
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Raj
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SELF-CERTIFICAT E PROFORMA FOR I.T. (HARDWARE) UNITS UNDER THE PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT, 1936.doc