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The Code on Wages, 2019
2 provisions
This segment sets the Act’s extent and commencement, defines key wage-related terms, and imposes rules on minimum wages, overtime, wage payment timing, deductions, fines, and bonus.
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Employment law in India
Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.
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The APPRENTICES ACT, 1961
2 provisions
The Act sets rules for apprenticeship training, including who can be engaged, required contracts, employer and apprentice duties, stipend payment, training arrangements, and adviser oversight.
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The PAYMENT OF GRATUITY ACT, 1972
3 provisions
The Act sets up gratuity payments for covered employees and requires employers to pay, register, insure or fund gratuity liabilities, and follow nomination and notice rules.
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The PAYMENT OF GRATUITY ACT, 1972
3 provisions
This Act sets up gratuity payments for covered employees and requires employers to pay gratuity when it becomes due, with related nomination, insurance, notice, and enforcement rules.
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The Industrial Disputes Act,1947
4 provisions
This part defines key labour-law terms and sets out bodies for dispute resolution, notice-of-change rules, and some exemptions.
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The Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958
1 provisions
This Act regulates working conditions, hours, wages, leave, registration, inspection, and exemptions for shops and commercial establishments in Punjab.
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The Gujarat Physically Handicapped Persons (Employment in Factories) Act, 1982
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Factories covered by this Act must reserve and fill some jobs for registered physically handicapped persons, and occupiers/managers must keep records and comply with inspections.
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The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
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These rules set the filing, notice, payment, appeal, and recovery steps for gratuity matters.
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The Railways (Employment of Members of the Armed Forces) Act, 1965
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This Act sets rules for using members of the Armed Forces to assist or replace railway administration and lets the Central Government notify an assumption of railway control in the Official Gazette.
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The Gujarat State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act, 1976
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This Act sets up profession tax in Gujarat, requires covered employers and persons to register or enrol, and requires employers to deduct and pay tax on employees’ salaries or wages.
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The Andhra Pradesh Employment of Local Candidates in the Industries/Factories Act, 2019
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Industries, factories, joint ventures, and PPP projects must employ at least 75% local candidates, report appointments quarterly, and comply with government directions.
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The Punjab State Development Tax
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Punjab’s development tax law requires covered employers and persons to register or enrol, deduct/pay tax in some cases, and file returns.
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The Maharashtra Private Security Guards (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1981
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This document sets up Maharashtra’s private security guards employment and welfare framework, including schemes, a board, inspections, reporting, exemptions, and penalties.
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The Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958
1 provisions
This Act regulates working conditions, hours, leave, wages, registration, inspection, and related rules for shops and commercial establishments in Punjab.
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The National Service Act, 1972
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This Act applies across India and starts on a date the Central Government appoints. It defines key terms, sets registration and call-up obligations for qualified persons, gives the Central Government powers to require service and employers to release workers, and creates penalties for non-compliance.
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The BUILDING AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WELFARE CESS ACT, 1996
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The Act levies a construction cess on employers and requires returns, assessment, and payment by the dates set in the assessment order.
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The Building and other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996
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This Act levies a cess on construction costs paid by employers and sets rules for returns, assessment, collection, interest, penalties, appeals, and enforcement.
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The industrial disputes act, 1947
5 provisions
This Act sets its title, extends across India, defines key terms, and creates mechanisms for industrial dispute resolution.
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The PAYMENT OF BONUS ACT, 1965
2 provisions
This Act sets rules for paying bonus to employees in covered establishments and requires employers to pay minimum bonus, with higher bonus possible when surplus is available.
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The INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT (STANDING ORDERS) ACT, 1946
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Employers in covered industrial establishments must prepare draft standing orders, submit them for certification, and post the certified text; the Act also lets the Government extend, exempt, and make rules.
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