Employers can now pay wages to workers through cheque or e-mode. It’s a law now
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President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2017, which was introduced in the Budget session.
As per the new amendments, employers can gave gives wages to workers through cheques or online-method without any written authorisation.
The new law has amended thePayment of Wages Act , 1936, which mandated payment of all wages either in coin or currency notes, or both.
Before introduction of a bill to amend the 1936 Act on February 3, an Ordinance was promulgated by the President on December 28, 2016.
The Bill was passed in Lok Sabha on February 7 and inRajya Sabha , the next day.
With the President's approval to the Act, "the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016 is hereby repealed", the order said.
As both the Houses of Parliament were not in session and immediate action was required to be taken to ensure that the benefits of the proposed legislation reach the employed persons at the earliest, the President promulgated the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance 2016, the bill had stated.
The new Act allows the governments to specify the industrial or other establishment, the employer of which shall pay to every person employed there, the wages only by cheque or by crediting it in his bank account.
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As per the new amendments, employers can gave gives wages to workers through cheques or online-method without any written authorisation.
The new law has amended the
Before introduction of a bill to amend the 1936 Act on February 3, an Ordinance was promulgated by the President on December 28, 2016.
The Bill was passed in Lok Sabha on February 7 and in
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As both the Houses of Parliament were not in session and immediate action was required to be taken to ensure that the benefits of the proposed legislation reach the employed persons at the earliest, the President promulgated the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance 2016, the bill had stated.
The new Act allows the governments to specify the industrial or other establishment, the employer of which shall pay to every person employed there, the wages only by cheque or by crediting it in his bank account.
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