For the working class there cannot be any injustice greater than that which deprives a worker of his or her wages due to him from his employer. Also, it causes more hardship and distress than delays in receiving the wages a person needs for day-to-day living. Therefore, the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 has a historical background.

A large number of cases have arisen for clarificaton and interpretation of the provisions of the Act which were scattered in various Legal Journals and Reporters. An effort has been made to give the ratio of important decisions while explaining the provisions in simple language so that one should not search the required clarification in different sources. The distinctiveness of the book is to provide reference and quotations (in the footnotes) of as many rulings as are relevant on any topic. Further, the principles laid down therein are explained in the concerned chapter so that the book is found useful for lawyers, trade union leaders, employers, judicial officers and the students of law.

Chapter 1
ENACTMENT AND AMENDMENTS OF THE PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT, 1936

Chapter 2
APPLICABILITY OF THE ACT

Chapter 3
OBLIGATIONS OF AN EMPLOYER UNDER THE ACT

Chapter 4
RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF WAGES

Chapter 5
IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

Chapter 6
DEDUCTIONS WHICH MAY BE MADE

Chapter 7
DEDUCTION OF WAGES FOR ABSENCE

Chapter 8
CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF DEDUCTIONS/DELAY IN PAYMENT OF WAGES

Chapter 9
APPEAL AGAINST THE ORDER OF THE AUTHORITY

Chapter 10
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND PROVISIONS UNDER THE ACT

Chapter 11
PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE FOR IMPOSITION

• THE PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT, 1936
• THE PAYMENT OF WAGES (PROCEDURE) RULES, 1937
• THE PAYMENT OF WAGES (PROCEDURE) APPLICATION TO SCHEDULED EMPLOYMENT RULES, 1962
• THE PAYMENT OF WAGES (MANNER OF RECOVERY OF EXCESS DEDUCTIONS) RULES, 1966
• THE PAYMENT OF WAGES (AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES) RULES, 1968
• THE PAYMENT OF WAGES (MINES) RULES, 1956
• THE PAYMENT OF WAGES (RAILWAYS) RULES, 1938
• THE PAYMENT OF UNDISBURSED WAGES (AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES) RULES, 1988
• THE PAYMENT OF UNDISBURSED WAGES (MINES) RULES, 1989
• PAYMENT OF WAGES (NOMINATION) RULES, 2009