Minimum Wages Act

Constitutional Validity of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948

“The Act contemplates that minimum wage rates should be fixed in the scheduled industries with the dual object of providing subsistence and maintenance of the worker and his family and preserving his efficiency as a worker” [1] Introduction In general, wages are the sum of money to be paid by the employer to a worker […]

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Labour

Supreme Court- Treat Labour In Construction As Formal Sector Worker

On Monday, March 19, the Supreme Court requested that the Central Government regard development Labour as formal area workers. To give some alleviation to the situation of around 4 crore development labourers in India, the zenith court requesting that they are brought inside the ambit of social welfare laws that incorporate paid maternity advantage, provident […]

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