The book provides the up-to-date and amended text of the Minimum Wages Law in Uttar Pradesh alongwith very useful and profuse annotations. A new case-law and statute law supplement has been added to the book bringing it up-to-date till 2003. This popular work has now been thoroughly revised and up-dated. The new edition contains :

• Minimum Wages Act, 1948.
• U.P. Minimum Wages Rules, 1952.
• Notifications on Minimum Rates of Wages in different Industries in Uttar Pradesh.
• Minimum Rates of Wages under Section 3 (b) of the U.P. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
• Uttar Pradesh Industrial Peace (Timely Payment of Wages) Act, 1978.
• Uttar Pradesh Industrial Peace (Timely Payment of Wages) Rules, 1981.
• States ' Amendments.

• Pioneer : The learned author has very systematically included the complete texts of all essential materials connected with the theme of the work, at one place.

Minimum Wages Act, 1948

1.   Short title and extent

2.   Interpretation

·    Local Amendments

·    Madhya Pradesh

·   Maharashtra

3. Fixing of minimum rates of wages

·  Local Amendments

·  Andhra Pradesh

·  Bihar

·  Gujarat

·  Kerala

·  Madhya Pradesh

·  Maharashtra

·  Uttar Pradesh

4. Minimum rate of wages

·  Local Amendments

·  Madhya Pradesh

5. Procedure for fixing and revising minimum wages

·   Local Amendments

·   Assam

·   Madhya Pradesh

6. Advisory committees and sub-committees

7. Advisory Board

8. Central Advisory Board

9. Composition of committees, etc.

·   Local Amendments

·   Madhya Pradesh

·   Rajasthan

·   Section 9-A

·   Madhya Pradesh

·   Rajasthan

·   Tamil Nadu

10. Correction of errors

11. Wages in kind

12. Payment of minimum rates of wages

·  Local Amendments

·  Bihar

·  Madhya Pradesh

13. Fixing hours for a normal working day, etc.

·  Local Amendments

·  Maharashtra

14. Overtime

·  Local Amendments

·  Madhya Pradesh

15. Wages of worker who works for less than normal working day

16. Wages for two or more classes of work

·  Local Amendments

·  Madhya Pradesh

17. Minimum time rate wages for piece work

18. Maintenance of registers and records

·  Local Amendments

·  Bihar

·  Madhya Pradesh

·  Maharashtra

·  Section 18-A

·  Madhya Pradesh

19. Inspectors

·  Local Amendments

·  Bihar

·  Madhya Pradesh

20. Claims

·  Local Amendments

·  Bihar

·  Karnataka

·  Madhya Pradesh

·  Maharashtra

·  Rajasthan

21. Single application in respect of a number of employees

·  Local Amendments

·  Gujarat

·  Maharashtra

22. Penalties for certain offences

·  Local Amendments

·  Bihar

·  Maharashtra

·  Section 22-1A

·  Maharashtra

23. General provision for punishment of other offences

·  Local Amendments

·  Bihar

24. Cognizance of offences

·  Local Amendments

·  Bihar

·  Gujarat

·  Madhya Pradesh

·  Maharashtra

25. Offences by companies

·  Local Amendments

·  Section 22-CC

·  Madhya Pradesh

·  Manipur

·  Uttar Pradesh

26. Payment of undisbursed amounts due to employees

·  Local Amendments

·  Madhya Pradesh

27. Protection against attachment of assets of employer with Government

28. Application of Payment of Wages Act, 1936, to scheduled employments

·  Local Amendments

·  Madhya Pradesh

·  Section 22-G

·  Madhya Pradesh

29. Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases

·  Local Amendments

·  Madhya Pradesh

30. Bar of suits

31. Contracting out

32. Exemptions and exceptions

·  Local Amendments

·  Madhya Pradesh

·  Maharashtra

33. Power of State Government to add to Schedule

·  Local Amendments

·  Madhya Pradesh

·  Sections 27-A and 27-B

·  Bihar

·  Madhya Pradesh

34. Power of the Central Government to give directions

35. Power of the Central Government to make rules

36. Power of appropriate Government to make rules

·  Local Amendments

·  Maharashtra

37. Rules made by Central Government to be laid before Parliament

·  Local Amendments

·  Madhya Pradesh

38. Validation of fixation of certain minimum rates of wages

·  Local Amendments

·  Section 31-A

·  Madhya Pradesh

·  Rajasthan

39. THE SCHEDULE

·  State Amendments

·  Uttar Pradesh

·  Local Amendments

·  Uttar Pradesh

II: Minimum Wages (UP Amendment) Act, 1960

III: Uttar Pradesh Criminal Law (Composition of Offences and Abatement of Trials) (Amendment) Act, 1979

IV: UP Minimum Wages Rules, 1952

CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY

1.    Short title and extent

2.    Interpretation

CHAPTER II: MEMBERSHIP, MEETINGS AND STAFF OF THE BOARD AND COMMITTEE

1.    Term of office of the members of the Committee

2.    Term of office of the members of the Board

3.    Nomination of substitute member

4.    Travelling Allowance

5.    Staff

6.    Eligibility for renomination of the members of the

7.    Committee and the Board

8.    Registration of the Chairman and members of the Committee and the

9.    Board and filling of casual vacancies

10. Cessation and restoration of membership

11. Disqualification

12. Meetings

13. Notice of meetings

14. Chairman

15. Quorum

16. Disposal of business

17. Method of voting

18. Proceedings of the meeting

CHAPTER III: SUMMONING OF WITNESSES BY THE COMMITTEE, AND THE BOARD AND PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

1.    Summoning of witness and production of documents

2.    Expenses of witnesses

CHAPTER IV: COMPUTATION AND PAYMENT OF WAGES, HOURS OF WORK AND HOLIDAYS

1.    Mode of computation of cash value of wages

2.    Term and conditions of payment of wages and the deductions permissible from wages

3.    Display of notices

4.    A weekly day of rest

5.    Number of hours of work that shall constitute a normal working day

6.    Form of registers and records

7.    Preservation of registers

8.    Production of registers and other records

CHAPTER V: CLAIMS UNDER THE ACT

1.    Applications

2.    Authorization

3.    Appearance of parties

4.     CHAPTER VI : SCALE OF COSTS IN PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE ACT

5.    Costs

6.    Court-fees

7.    FORMS

V: UP Payment of Wages (Procedure) Applicable to Scheduled Employments Rules,

VI: Notifications of UP Government

VII: Notifications on Minimum Rates of Wages in Different Industries in Uttar Pradesh

1.    Minimum Rates of Wages in Respect of Employees Employed in

2.    Employment Mentioned in Column-2 of the Appendix-I

3.    Allopathic, Ayurvedic and Unani Pharmacies

4.    Brick Kiln Industry

5.    Cinema Industry

6.    Clubs

7.    Commercial Establishments and Shops

8.    Employment in Agriculture

9.    Employment in Dharamshalas

10. Employment in Private Libraries

11. Engineering Industry employing less than 50 workers and

12. 15 other employments

13. Forestry, logging and timbering including employment in collection of any other forest produce and transportation