State of Bihar - Act
Bihar Payment of Wages Rules, 1937
BIHAR
India
India
Bihar Payment of Wages Rules, 1937
Rule BIHAR-PAYMENT-OF-WAGES-RULES-1937 of 1937
- Published on 17 March 1937
- Commenced on 17 March 1937
- [This is the version of this document from 17 March 1937.]
- [Note: The original publication document is not available and this content could not be verified.]
1. Title.
- These Rules may be called the Bihar Payment of Wages Rules, 1937.2. Definitions.
- In these Rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context. -3. Register of Fines.
4. Register of deductions for damage or loss.
- In every factory or industrial establishment in which deductions for damage or loss are made to the paymaster shall maintain the Register required by sub-section (2) of Section 10 in Form II.5. [ Register of Wages. [Substituted, by Notification No. 11/W5 - 1011-60/L. & E - 3460, dated 12.05.1962]
- A register of wages shall be maintained in every factory or industrial establishment in Form VI.]6. Maintenance of Registers.
- The Register required by Rules 3,4,5 and 17 shall be preserved for twelve months after the date of the last entry made in them.Section 26 (3) (c)7. Weights of Measures.
8. Notice of dates of payment.
- The paymaster shall display, in a conspicuous place at or near the main entrance of the factory, or industrial establishment a notice, in English and in the language of the majority of the persons employed therein, giving for not less than one month in advance, the days on which wages are to be paid.Section 25 (3), (f) and (h)9. Prescribed authority.
- The Chief Inspector of Factories shall be the authority competent to approve, under sub-section (1) of Section 8, acts and omissions in respect of which fines may be imposed and, under sub-section (1) of Section 8, the purposes on which the proceeds of fines shall be expended.10. Application in respect of fines.
- Every employer requiring the power to impose fines in respect of any acts and omissions on the part of employed persons shall send to the Chief Inspector of Factories -11. Approval of list of acts and omission.
- The authority appointed under Rule 9 on receipt of the list prescribed in clause (a) of the preceeding Rule may, after such enquiry as he considers necessary, pass orders either -12. Posting of list.
- The employer shall display at or near the main entrance of the factory or industrial establishment a copy in English, together with a literal translation thereof, in the language of the majority of the persons employed therein, of the list approved under Rule 11.13. Persons authorised to impose fines.
- No fine may be imposed by any person other than an employer, or a person holding an appointment named in a list submitted under Rule 10.14. Procedure in imposing fines and deductions.
- Any person desiring to impose a fine on an employed person or to make deduction for damage or loss shall explain personally to the said person the act or omission, or damage or loss, in respect of which the fine or deduction is proposed to be imposed and the amount of fine or deduction, which it is proposed to impose, and shall hear his explanation in the presence of at least one other person.15. Information to paymaster.
- The person imposing a fine or directing the making of a deduction for damage or loss shall at once inform the paymaster of all particulars, so that the register prescribed in Rule 3 or Rule 4 may be duly completed.Section 26(3) (g)16. Deductions for breach of contract.
17. Advances.
18. Annual Return.
- In respect of every factory in which during the calendar year any fines have been imposed or any deductions for breach of contract or for damage or loss have been made from wages a return shall be sent in Form IV so as to reach the Chief Inspector of Factories not later than the 15th of February, following the end of the calendar year to which it relates.Section 26 (3) (j)19. Costs.
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The Authority or the Court, as the case may be, may fix fees on the payment of which any person entitled to do so may obtain copies of any documents filed with the Authority or the Court as the case may be:Provided that the Authority or the Court, as the case may be, may, in consideration of the poverty of the applicant, grant copies free of cost.Section 26(3) (k)21. Fees.
- The fee payable in respect of proceedings under the Act shall be: -| (i) For everyapplication to summon a witness. | Twenty fivePaise in respect of each witness. |
| (ii) For every other application made by or onbehalf of an individual person before the Authority. | Fifty Paise |
| (iii) For every other application made by or onbehalf of an unpaid group before the Authority. | Twentyfive Paise for each member of the group subject to amaximum offiverupees. |
| (iv) For every appeal lodged with the Court. | Five Rupees |
22. Abstracts.
- The abstracts of the Act and of the Rules made thereunder to be displayed under Section 25 shall be in Form V.Section 26 (4)23. Penalties.
- Any breach of Rules 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 15, and 18, of these Rules shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.Form I(Rule 3)Register of Fines...............Factory.............| Serial No. | Name. | Father's name | Department. | Act or omission for which fine imposed. | Whether workman showed cause against fine or not,if so, enter date. | Rate of wages. | Date and amount of fine imposed. | Date on which fine realised. | Remarks. |
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| Serial No. | Name. | Father's name. | Department. | Damages or loss caused. | Whether workers showed cause against deduction ornot if so, enter date. | Date and amount of deduction imposed | No. of instalment, if any | Date on which total amount realised. | Remarks. |
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| Serial no. | Name. | Father's name | Department. | Date and amount of advance made. | Purpose (s) for which advance made. | No. of instalments by which advance to be repaid | Postponement granted. | Date on which total amount repaid. | Remarks |
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1. (a) Name of the factory or establishment.
2. Registration number in case of factory registered under the Factories Act.
3. Industries -
4. Number of days worked during the year.
5. Details of employment and wages -
| In respect of the persons getting | ||||||
| Less than Rs. 400 per month. | Rs. 400 per month per month or more. | Total | ||||
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| In respect of the persons getting | ||||||
| Less than Rs. 400 per month. | Rs. 400 per month per month or more. | Total | ||||
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3. Deductions -
Number of cases and amount5. Gross-amount paid as remuneration to persons getting less than Rs. 400 including deduction under Section 7 (2) of which the amount due to profit sharing bonus..........is and that due to money value of concession is
6. Disbursement from the Fines Fund -
Purpose.Amount.8. Balance of Fines Fund at the end of the year.
.......................................Signature of Manager/employerDate...................Notes. - (1) "Man days worked" means aggregate number of full day attendances during the year.1. [ The Act applies to the wages payable to persons employed in any factory or industrial establishment in respect of a wage period which over such wage period, average four hundred rupees per month or less.] [Substituted by Notification No. 11/W5-1011/60 L & E - dated 12.05.1962. ]
2. No employed person can give up by contract, or agreement, his rights under the Act.
Definition of wages3. [ "Wages" means all remuneration (whether by way of salary, allowances or otherwise) expressed in terms of money or capable of being so expressed which would, if the terms of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled, be payable to a person employed in respect of his employment or of work done in such employment, and includes -
(a)any remuneration payable under any award or settlement between the parties or order of a court;(b)any remuneration to which the person employed as entitled in respect of overtime work or holidays or any leave period;(c)any additional remuneration payable under the terms of employment (whether called a bonus or by any other name);(d)any sum which by reason of the termination of employment of the person employed is payable under any law, contract or instrument which provides for the payment of such sum whether or without deductions, but does not provide for the time within which the payment is to be made;(e)any sum to which the person employed is entitled under any scheme framed under any law for the time being in force; but does not include -4. [ Every employer shall be responsible for the payment to persons employed by him of all wages required to be paid under the Act:
Provided that, in the case of persons employed (otherwise than by a contractor) -5. Wage-periods shall be fixed for the payment of wages at intervals not exceeding one month.
6. Wages shall be paid on a working day within 7 days of the end of the wage-period (or within 10 days if 1,000 or more persons are employed).
The wages of a person discharged shall be paid not later than the second working day after his discharge.7. Payments in kind are prohibited.
Fines and deductions8. No deduction shall be made from wages except those authorised under the Act (see paragraph 9-15 below).
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10. (a) Deductions for absence from duty can be made only on account of the absence of the employed person at times when he should be working, and such deductions must not exceed an amount which is the same proportion to his wages for the wage-period, as the time he was absent in that period is the total time he should have been at work.
(b)If ten or more employed persons acting in concert absent themselves without reasonable cause and without due notice, the deduction for absence can include wages for eight days in lien of notice but -11. Deductions can be made for damage to or loss of goods expressly entrusted to an employed person or for loss of money for which he is required to account, where such damage or loss is due to his neglect or default.
Such deduction cannot exceed the amount of the damage or loss caused and can be made only after giving the employed person an opportunity for explanation.12. [ Deductions can be made, equivalent to the value thereof, for house accommodation supplied by the employer or by Government or by any housing board set up under any law for the time being in force (whether the Government or the Board is the employer or not) or by any other authority engaged in the business of subsiding house-accommodation which may be specified in this behalf by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette, and for amenities or services (other than tools and raw materials required for the purposes of employment) supplied by the employer provided these are accepted by the employed person as a part of terms of his employment and have, in the case of amenities and services, been authorised by order of Government.] [Substituted by Notification No. 11/W5-1011/60 L & E - dated 12.05.1962. ]
13. (a) Deductions can be made for the recovery of advances, for adjustment of overpayment of wages.
14. Deductions can be made for subscription to, and for repayment of, advances from any recognised provident fund.
15. Deductions can be made for payments to co-operative societies approved by the local Government or to the postal insurance, subject to any conditions imposed by the local Government.
16. An Inspector can enter on any permises, and exercise power of inspection (including examination of documents and taking of evidence) as he may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of the Act.
Complaints of deduction or delays17.
18. The Authority may award compensation to the employed person in addition to ordering the payment of delayed wages or the refund of illegal deduction.
If a malicious or vexatious complaint is made, the Authority may impose a penalty not exceeding Rs. 50 on the applicant and order that it be paid to the employer.Appeal against the Authority19. An appeal against an order dismissing, either wholly or in part, an application made to the Authority or against a direction made by the said Authority may be preferred, within thirty days of the date on which the order or direction was made, to the District Court. -
20. Any one delaying the payment of wages beyond the due date or making any unauthorised deduction from wages is liable to a fine up to Rs. 500.00 but only if prosecuted with the sanction of the Authority or the Appellate Court.
21. The paymaster who - (1) does not fix a wage-period; or
| Serial No. in Muster Roll. | Name of employees. | Wage period. | Rate of wages. | Normal wages earned. | Overtime wages carried. | Gross Wages earned. | Deductions | Net wages paid. | Actual date of payment. | Signature or thumb impression of employer. | Signature or thumb impression of employee. | Remarks |
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