Pay­ment of Wages Act 1936

MCQs points on Pay­ment of Wages Act 1936

1. Gra­tu­ity is not in­cluded un­der the de­f­i­n­i­tion of wages given un­der the Pay­ment of Wages Act, 1936.

2. Un­der Pay­ment of Wages Act, 1936 labour

leg­is­la­tion in In­dia the pro­vi­sion of check-off has been ac­cepted.

3. As per Pay­ment of Wages Act, 1936, in rail­way

fac­tory or in­dus­trial or other 
es­tab­lish­ment upon or in which less than one thou­sand per­sons are 
em­ployed, wages shall be paid be­fore the ex­piry of the Third Day of the months

4. Ac­cord­ing to this Act, the max­i­mum wage pe­riod or pay­ment of wages to em­ploy­ees by em­ployer should not 
ex­ceed 30 days.

5. If the em­ployee is ter­mi­nated or re­moved for the

em­ploy­ment by the em­ployer, the wage of that

em­ployee should be paid within 2 days from the day on which he was 
re­moved or ter­mi­nated.  

6. The to­tal amount of de­duc­tions from wages of

em­ploy­ees should not ex­ceed 50 % per­cent­age.  

7. To­tal amount of fine im­posed by the em­ployer on em­ploy­ees should not 
ex­ceed 3 % per­cent­age of his wage 

8.  Fine should be re­cov­ered within 60 days from the date on which fine were im­posed.  

9.  If 10 or more per­sons to­gether ab­sent for the duty with­out any no­tice and with­out rea­son­able cause,

em­ployer can make 8 day's wages as de­duc­tion from their wage.