1. Factory Act, 1948
CONTENTS
Sections Particulars
1 Short title, Extent and Commencement
2 Interpretation
3 References to Time of Day
4
Power to declare different departments to be separate factories for two or more
factories to be a single factory
5 Power to exempt during public emergency
6 Approval, Licensing and Registration of Factories
7 Notice by occupier
7A General Duties of the Occupier
7B
General Duties of Manufactures, Etc., as regards articles and substances for use in
factories
8 Inspectors
9 Powers of Inspectors
10 Certifying Surgeons
11 Cleanliness
12 Disposal of wastes and effluents
13 Ventilation and Temperature
14 Dust and Fume
15 Artificial Humidification
16 Overcrowding
17 Lighting
18 Drinking Water
19 Latrines and Urinals
20 Spittoons
21 Fencing of Machinery
22 Work on or Near machinery in motion
23 Employment of young persons on dangerous machines
24 Strikig gear and devices for cutting off power
25 Self-Acting Machines
26 Casing of new machinery
27 Prohibition of employment of women and children near cotton-openers
28 Hoists and Lifts
29 Lifting Machines, Chains, Ropes and Lifting tackles
30 Revolving Machinery

2. 31 Pressure Plant
32 Floors, Stairs and Means of Access
33 Pits, Sumps, Openings in Floors, Etc.
34 Excessive Weights
35 Protection of Eyes
36 Precautions against dangerous fumes, gases, etc.
36A Precautions Regarding the use of portable electric light
37 Explosive or Inflammable Dust, Gas, Etc.
38 Precautions in case of fire
39 Power to Require Specifications of Defective Parts or Tests of Stability
40 Safety of Buildings and Machinery
40A Maintenance of Buildings
40B Safety Officers
41 Power to make rule to supplement this Chapter
41A Constitution of Site Appraisal Committees
41B Compulsory Disclosure of Information by the Occupier
41C Specific Responsibility of the occupier in relation to hazardous processes
41D Power to Central Government to Appoint Inquiry Committee
41E Emergency Standards
41F Permissible Limits of Exposure of Chemical and Toxic substances
41G Workers' Participation in Safety Management
41H Right of workers to warn about imminent danger
42 Washing Facilities
43 Facilities for Storing and Drying clothing
44 Facilities for Sitting
45 First Aid Appliances
46 Canteens
47 Shelters, Rest Rooms and Lunch Rooms
48 Creches
49 Welfare Officers
50 Power to make rules to supplement this Chapter
51 Weekly Hours
52 Weekly Holidays
53 Compensatory Holidays
54 Daily Hours
55 Intervals for Rest
56 Spreadover
57 Night Shifts
58 Prohibition of Overleapping Shifts

3. 59 Extra Wages for Overtime
60 Restriction on double employment
61 Notice of periods of work for adults
62 Register of adult workers
63
Hours of work to correspond with notice under section 61 and register under
section 62
64 Power to make exempting rules
65 Power to make exempting orders
66 Further restrictions on employment of women
67 Prohibition of employment of young children
68 Non-Adult workers to carry tokens
69 Certificates of Fitness
70 Effect of certificate of fitness granted to adolescent
71 Working Hours for Children
72 Notice of Periods of work for children
73 Register of Child Workers
74
Hours of work to correspond with notice under section 72 and register under
section 73
75 Power to require medical examination
76 Power to make rules
77 Certain other provisions of law not barred
78 Application of Chapter
79 Annual Leave with Wages
80 Wages During Leave Period
81 Payment in advance in certain cases
82 Mode of recovery of unpaid wages
83 Power to make rules
84 Powers to exempt factories
85 Power to apply the act to certain premises
86 Power to exempt public institutions
87 Dangerous Operations
87A Power to prohibit employment on account of serious hazard
88 Notice of certain accidents
88A Notice of Certain dangerous occurrences
89 Notice of certain diseases
90 Power to direct enquiry into cases of accident or disease
91 Power to take samples
91A Safety and Occupational Health Surveys
92 General Penalty for Offences
93 Liability of owner of premises in certain circumstances

4. 94 Enhanced penalty after previous conviction
95 Penalty for Obstructing Inspector
96 Penalty for Wrongfully disclosing results of analysis under section 91
96A Penalty for contravention of the provisions of sections 41B, 41C and 41H
97 Offences by Workers
98 Penalty for using false certificate of fitness
99 Penalty for permitting double employment of child
100 Determination of occupier in certain cases
101 Exemption of occupier or manager from liability in certain cases
102 Power of Court to make orders
103 Presumption as to employment
104 Onus as to age
104A Onus of proving limits of what is practicable, etc.
105 Cognizance of offences
106 Limitation of prosecutions
106A Jurisdiction of a Court for entertainig proceedings, etc., for offence
107 Appeals
108 Display of notices
109 Service of notice
110 Returns
111 Obligations of workers
111A Right of workers, etc.
112 General power to make rules
113 Powers of Centre to Give Directions
114 No Change for Facilities and Conveniences
115 Publication of rules
116 Application of Act to Government Factories
117 Protection of persons Acting under this Act
118 Restriction of Disclosure of Information
118A Restriction of Disclosure of Information
119 Act to have effect notwithstanding anything contained in Act 37 of 1970
120 Repeal and Savings
Schedules
Schedule 1 List of Industries Involving Hazardous processes
Schedule 2 Permissible levels of certain Chemical substances in work Environment
Schedule 3 List of Notifiable Diseases

5. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948
CONTENTS
Sections Particulars
Preamble
1 Short Title and extent
2 Interpretation
3 Fixing of minimum rates of wages
4 Minimum rate of wages
5 Procedure for fixing and revising minimum wages
6 Advisory committees and sub-committees
7 Advisory Board
8 Central Advisory Board
9 Composition of committees etc.
10 Correction of errors
11 Wages in kind
12 Payment of minimum rate of wages
13 Fixing hours for normal working day etc.
14 Overtime
15 Wages of worker who works for less than normal working day
16 Wages for two or more classes of work
17 Minimum time rate wages for piece work
18 Maintenance of registers and records
19 Inspectors
20 Claim
21 Single application in respect of a number of employees.
22 Penalties for certain offences
22A General provision for punishment of other offences
22B Cognizance of offences
22C Offences by companies
22D Payment of undisbursed amounts due to employees
22E Protection against attachment of assets of employer with Government
22F Application of Payment of Wages Act 1936 to scheduled employments
23 Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases
24 Bar of suits
25 Contracting out
26 Exemption and exceptions
27 Power of State Government to add to Schedule

6. 28 Power to Central Government to give directions
29 Power to Central Government to make rules
30 Power of appropriate Government to make rules
30A Rules made by Central Government to be laid before Parliament.
31 Validation of fixation of certain minimum rates of wages
Schedule
Part I
Part II

7. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936
CONTENTS
Sections Particulars
Preamble
1 Short title extent commencement and application
2 Definitions.
3 Responsibility for payment of wages.
4 Fixation of wage-periods.
5 Time of payment of wages.
6 Wages to be paid in current coin or currency notes.
7 Deductions which may be made from wages.
8 Fines.
9 Deductions for absence from duty.
10 Deductions for damage or loss.
11 Deductions for services rendered.
12 Deductions for recovery of advances.
12A Deductions for recovery of loans.
13 Deductions for payments to co-operative societies and insurance schemes.
13A Maintenance of registers and records.
14 Inspectors.
14A Facilities to be afforded to Inspectors.
15
Claims arising out of deductions from wages or delay in payment of wages and
penalty for malicious or vexatious claims.
16 Single application in respect of claims from unpaid group.
17 Appeal.
17A
Conditional attachment of property of employer or other person responsible for
payment of wages.
18 Powers of authorities appointed under section 15
19 Powers to recover from employer in certain cases [Repealed by Act 53 of 1964]
20 Penalty for offences under the Act.
21 Procedure in trial of offences.
22 Bar of suits.
22A Protection of action taken in good faith.
23 Contracting out.
24 Application of Act to railways air transport services mines and oilfields.
25 Display by notice of abstracts of the Act.
25A Payment of undisguised wages in case of death of employed person.
26 Rule-making power.

8. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
CONTENTS
Sections Particulars
Preamble
1 Shot title, extent and application
2 Definitions
3 Establishments to include departments, undertakings and branches
4 Computation of gross profits
5 Computation of available surplus
6 Sums deductible from gross profits
7 Calculation of direct tax payable by the employer
8 Eligibility for bonus
9 Disqualification for bonus
10 Payment of minimum bonus
11 Payment of maximum bonus
12 Calculation of bonus with respect to certain employees
13 Proportionate reduction in bonus in certain cases
14 Computation of number of working days
15 Set-on and set-off of allocable surplus
16 Special provisions with respect to certain establishments
17
Adjustment of customary or interim bonus against bonus payable under the
Act.
18 Deduction of certain amounts from bonus payable under the Act
19 Time-limit for payment of bonus
20 Application of Act to establishments in public sector in certain cases
21 Recovery of bonus due from an employer
22 Reference of dispute under this Act
23
Presumption about accuracy of balance-sheet and profit and loss account of
corporations and companies
24 Audited accounts of banking companies not to be questioned
25 Audit of accounts of employers, not being corporations or companies
26 Maintenance of registers, records, etc.
27 Inspectors
28 Penalty
29 Offences by companies
30 Cognizance of offences
31 Protection of action taken under the Act

9. 31A
Special provision with respect to payment of bonus linked with production or
productivity
32 Act not to apply to certain classes of employees
33 [Repealed]
34
Employees and employers not to be precluded from entering into agreements
for grant of bonus under a different formula
34A Effect of laws and agreements inconsistent with the Act
35 Saving
36 Power of exemption
37 [Repealed]
38 Power to makes rules
39 Application of certain laws not barred
40 Repeal and saving
Schedules
The First Schedule
The Second Schedule
The Third Schedule
The Fourth Schedule
Rules Introduction
1 Short title and commencement
2 Definitions
3 Authority for granting permission for change of accounting year
4 Maintenance of registers
5 Annual returns

10. Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
CONTENTS
Sections Particulars
1 Short title, Extent and Commencement
2 Definitions
3 Act to have overriding effect
4
Duty to employer to pay equal remuneration to men and women workers for
same work or work of a similar nature
5 No Discrimination to be made while recruiting men and women workers
6 Advisory Committee
7
Power of appropriate Government to appoint authorities for hearing and
deciding claims and complaints
8 Duty of employers to maintain registers
9 Inspectors
10 Penalties
11 Offences by Companies
12 Cognizance and Trial of offences
13 Power to make rules
14 Power of Central Government to give Directions
15 Act not to apply in certain special cases
16 Power to make declaration
17 Power to remove difficulties
18 Repeal and Saving

11. Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923
CONTENTS
Sections Particulars
Preamble
1 Short title, Extent and Commencement
2 Definitions
3 Employer's Liability for compensation
4 Amount of Compensation
4A Compensation to be paid when due and penalty for default
5 Method of calculating wages
6 Review
7 Commutation of Half-Monthly Payments
8 Distribution of Compensation
9 Compensation not to be assigned, attached or charged
10 Notice and Claim
10A Power to require from employers statements regarding fatal accidents
10B Reports of fatal accidents and serious bodily injuries
11 Medical Examination
12 Contracting
13 Remedies of employer against stranger
14 Insolvency of employer
14A Compensation to be first charge on assets transferred by employer
15 Special provisions relating to masters and seamen
15A Special provisions relating to captains and other members of crew of Aircraft's
15B
Special provisions relating to workmen abroad of Companies and motor
vehicles
16 Returns as to compensation
17 Contracting out
18 Proof of age
18A Penalties
19 Reference to commissioners
20 Appointment of commissioner
21 Venue of proceedings and transfer
22 Form of Application

12. 22A Power of commissioner to require further deposit in cases of fatal accident
23 Powers and procedure of commissioners
24 Appearance of Parties
25 Method of recording evidence
26 Costs
27 Power to submit cases
28 Registration of agreements
29 Effect of failure to register agreement
30 Appeals
30A Withholding of certain payments pending decision of appeal
31 Recovery
32 Power of the State Government to make rules
33 Power of local Government to make rules
34 Publication of rules
35
Rules to give effect to arrangements with other countries for the transfer of
money paid as compensation
36 Rules made by Central Government to be laid before Parliament
Schedules
Schedule 1 List of Injuries deemed to result in permanent total disablement
Schedule 2
List of Persons who subject to the provisions of section 2(1)(n), are included
in the Definition of Workmen
Schedule 3 List of Occupational Diseases
Schedule 4
Factors for working out lump sum equivalent of compensation amount in case
of Permanent disablement and death

13. The Employee’s State Insurance Act, 1948
CONTENTS
Sections Particulars
1 Short title, Extent, Commencement and Application
2 Definitions
2A Registration of Factories and Establishments
3 Establishment of Employees' State Insurance Corporation
4 Constitution of Corporation
5 Term of Office of members of the corporation
6 Eligibility for Re-Nomination for Re-Election
7 Authentication of Orders, Decisions, Etc.
8 Constitution of Standing Committee
9 Term of Office of members of standing committee
10 Medical benefit council
11 Resignation of Membership
12 Cessation of Membership
13 Disqualification
14 Filling of Vacancies
15 Fees and Allowances
16 Principal Officers
17 Staff
18 Powers of the standing committee
19 Corporation's power to promote measures for health, etc., of insured persons
20 Meetings of Corporation, standing committee and medical benefit council
21 Super session of the Corporation and Standing Committee
22 Duties of Medical benefits council
23 Duties of Director General and the Financial commissioner
24 Acts of Corporation, Etc., not invalid by reason of defect in constitution, etc.
25
Regional Boards, Local Committees, Regional and local medical benefit
councils
26 Employees' State Insurance Fund

14. 27 Grant by the Central Government
28 Purposes for which the fund may be expended
28A Administrative Expenses
29 Holding of Property, etc.
30 Vesting of the property in the corporation
31 Expenditure by Central Government to be treated as a Loan
32 Budget Estimates
33 Accounts
34 Audit
35 Annual Report
36
Budget, Audited Accounts and the Annual Report to be placed before
Parliament
37 Valuation of Assets and Liabilities
38 All Employees to be Insured
39 Contributions
40 Principal Employer to pay contributions in the First Instance
41 Recovery of Contributions from immediate employer
42 General Provisions as to payment of contributions
43 Method of Payment of Contribution
44 Employers to furnish returns and maintain registers in certain cases
45 Inspectors, Their Functions and Duties
45A Determination of Contributions in certain cases
45B Recovery of Contributions
45C Issue of Certificate to the Recovery Officer
45D Recovery Officer to whom certificate is to be forwarded
45E Validity of certificate and amendment thereof
45F Stay of Proceedings under certificate and amendment or withdrawal thereof
45G Other Modes of Recovery
45H Application of certain provision of the Income-Tax Act
45I Definitions
46 Benefits
47 When person eligible for sickness benefit
48 When person deemed available for employment

15. 49 Sickness benefit
50 Maternity benefit
51 Disablement benefit
51A Presumption as to accident arising in course of employment
51B Accidents Happening while acting in breach of regulations, etc.
51C Accidents Happening while traveling in employer's transport
51D Accidents Happening while meeting emergency
52 Dependant's Benefits
52A Occupational Disease
53
Bar against receiving or recovery of compensation or damages under any
other law
54 Determination of Question of Disablement
54A
References to Medical boards and appeals to medical appeal tribunals and
employees' Insurance Courts
55 Review of decisions by Medical Board or Medical appeal tribunal
55A Review of Dependants' benefit
56 Medical benefit
57 Scale of Medical benefit
58 Provision of Medical Treatment by State Government
59 Establishment and maintenance of Hospitals, etc., by corporation
59A Provision of Medical benefit by the corporation in lieu of State Government
60 Benefit not Assignable or Attachable
61 Bar of benefits under other enactments
62 Persons not to commute cash benefits
63 Persons not entitled to receive benefit in certain cases
64 Recipients of sickness or disablement benefit to observe conditions
65 Benefits not to be combined
66 Corporation's right to recover damages from employer in certain cases
67 Corporations right to be indemnified in certain cases
68
Corporation's rights where a principal employer fails or neglects to pay any
contribution
69 Liability of owner or occupier of factories, etc., for excessive sickness benefit
70 Repayment of benefit improperly received
71 Benefit payable up to and including day of death

16. 72 Employer not t reduce wages, etc.
73 Employer not to dismiss or punish employee during period of sickness, etc.
74 Constitution of Employees' Insurance Court
75 Matters to be decided by employees' Insurance Court
76 Institution of Proceedings, Etc.
77 Commencement of Proceedings
78 Powers of Employees' Insurance Court
79 Appearance by Legal Practitioners, Etc.
80 Benefit not admissible unless claimed in time
81 Reference to High Court
82 Appeal
83 Stay of Payment Pending Appeal
84 Punishment for False Statement
85 Punishment for failure to pay contributions, etc.
85A Enhanced Punishment in certain cases after previous conviction
85B Power to Recover Damages
85C Power to Court to make orders
86 Prosecutions
86A Offences by Companies
87
Exemption of a Factory or Establishment or class of Factories, or
establishments
88 Exemption of persons or class of persons
89 Corporation to make representation
90
Exemption of Factories or establishments belonging to Government or any
local Authority
91 Exemption from one or more provisions of the Act
91A Exemptions to be either prospective or retrospective
91B Misuse of benefits
91C Writing off of losses
92 Power of Central Government to give Directions
93 Corporation Officers and servants to be Public servants
93A Liability in case of transfer of establishment
94 Contributions, Etc., due to corporation to have priority over other debts

17. 94A Delegation of Powers
95 Power to Central Government to make rules
96 Power of State Governments to make rules
97 Power to Corporation to make regulations
98 Corporation may undertake duties in the Indian States
99 Medical care for the families of Insured persons
99A Power to remove difficulties
100 Repeals and Savings
Schedules
Schedule 1 Omitted
Schedule 2 List of Injuries deemed to result in permanent total disablement
Schedule 3 List of Occupational Diseases
The Maternity Benefits Act, 1961

18. CONTENTS
Sections Particulars
1 Short title, extent and commencement
2 Application of Act
3 Definitions
4 Employment of or work by, women prohibited during certain periods
5 Right to payment of maternity benefits
5A Continuance of payment of maternity benefit in certain cases
5B Payment of maternity benefit in certain cases
6 Notice of claim for maternity benefit and payment thereof
7 Payment of maternity benefit in case of death of a woman
8 Payment of medical bonus
9 Leave for miscarriage, etc
9A Leave with wages for tubectomy operation
10
Leave for illness arising out of pregnancy, delivery, premature birth of child,
or miscarriage
11 Nursing breaks
12 Dismissal during absence of pregnancy
13 No deduction of wages in certain cases
14 Appointment of Inspectors
15 Powers and duties of Inspectors
16 Inspectors to be public servants
17 Power of Inspector to direct payments to be made
18 Forfeiture of maternity benefit
19 Abstract of Act and rules there under to be exhibited
20 Registers, etc.
21 Penalty for contravention of Act by employer
22 Penalty for obstructing Inspector
23 Cognizance of offences
24 Protection of action taken in good faith
25 Power to central Government to give directions
26 Power to exempt establishments
27 Effect of laws and agreements inconsistent with this Act
28 Power to make rules
29 Amendment of Act 69 of 1951
30 Repeal
Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952

19. CONTENTS
Sections Particulars
Annexure
1 Short title, extentand commencement
2 Definitions
2A Establishment to include all departments and branches
3
Power to apply the Act to an establishment which has a common provident
fund with another establishment
4 Power to add to Schedule
5 Employees' Provident Funds Scheme
5A Central Board
5AA Executive Committee
5B State Board
5C Board of Trustees to be body corporate
5D Appointment of officers
5DD
Acts and proceedings of the Central Board or its Executive Committee or the
State Board not to be invalidated on certain grounds.
5E Delegation
6 Contributions and matters which may be provided for in the Scheme
6A Employees' Pension Scheme
6C Employees' Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme
6D Laying of Schemes before Parliament
7 Modification of Scheme
7A Determination of moneys due from employers
7B Review of orders passed under section 7A
7C Determination of escaped amount
7D Employees' Provident Funds Appellate Tribunal
7E Term of office
7F Resignation
7G
Salary and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of presiding
officer
7H Staff of Tribunal
7-I Appeals to Tribunal
7-J Procedure of Tribunal
7K
Right of appellant to take assistance of legal practitioner and of government
etc. to appoint presenting officers
7L Orders of Tribunal
7M Filling up of vacancies

20. 7N Finality of orders constituting a Tribunal
7O Deposit of amount due on filing appeal
7P Transfer of certain applications to Tribunal
7Q Interest payable by the employer
8 Mode of recovery of moneys due from employers
8A Recovery of moneys by employers and contractors
8B Issue of certificate to the Recovery Officer
8C Recovery Officer to whom certificate is to be forwarded
8D Validity of certificate and amendment thereof
8E Stay of proceedings under certificate and amendment or withdrawal thereof
8F Other modes of recovery
9 Fund to be recognised under Act 11 of 1922
10 Protection against attachment
11 Priority of payment of contributions over other debts
12 Employer not to reduce wages etc
13 Inspectors
14 Penalties
14A Offences by companies
14AA Enhanced punishment in certain cases after previous conviction
14AB Certain offences to be cognizable
14AC Cognizance and trial of offences
14B Power to recover damages
14C Power of court of make orders
15 Special provisions relating to existing provident funds
16 Act not to apply to certain establishments
16A Authorising certain employers to maintain provident fund accounts
17 Power of exempt
17A Transfer of accounts
17B Liability in case of transfer of establishment
18 Protection of action taken in good faith
18A Presiding officer and other officers to be public servants
19 Delegation of powers
20 Power of Central Government to give directions
21 Power to makes rules
22 Power to remove difficulties
23 Repealed
Schedule I
schedule II
schedule III

21. scheduleIV
The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972

22. CONTENTS
Sections Particulars
Preamble
1 Short title, Extent, Application and Commencement
2 Definitions
2A Continuous Service
3 Controlling Authority
4 Payment of gratuity
4A Compulsory insurance
5 Power to exempt
6 Nomination
7 Determination of the amount of the Gratuity
7A Inspectors
7B Powers of Inspectors
8 Recovery of Gratuity
9 Penalties
10 Exemption of employer from liability in certain cases
11 Cognizance of Offences
12 Protection of action taken in good faith
13 Protection of Gratuity
14 Act to override other Enactments etc.
15 Power to make Rules
Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959

23. CONTENTS
Sections Particulars
1 Short title, Extent and Commencement
2 Definitions
3 Act not to apply in relation to certain Vacancies
4 Notification of Vacancies to Employment Exchanges
5 Employers to furnish information and returns in prescribed form
6 Right of access to records or documents
7 Penalties
8 Cognizance of Offences
9 Protection of Action taken in good faith
10 Power to make rules
Apprentices Act, 1961
CONTENTS
Sections Particulars
1 Short title, Extent, Commencement and Application
2 Definitions
3 Qualification for being engaged as an apprentice.
3A
Reservation of training places for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled
Tribes in designated trades.
3B
Reservation of training places for Other Backward Classes in designated
trades.
4 Contract of Apprenticeship
5 Novation of contract of apprenticeship
6 Period of apprenticeship training
7 Termination of apprenticeship contract
8 Number of apprentices for a designated trade
9 Practical and Basic training of apprentices
10 Related instruction of apprentices
11 Obligations of Employers
12 Obligations of Apprentices

24. 13 Payment to Apprentices
14 Health, Safety and Welfare of Apprentices
15 Hours of Work, Overtime, Leave and Holidays
16 Employer's Liability for compensation for injury
17 Conduct and Discipline
18 Apprentices are trainees and not workers
19 Records and Returns
20 Settlement of Disputes
21 Holding of test and grant of certificate and conclusion of training
22 Offer and Acceptance of Employment
23 Authorities
24 Constitution of councils
25 Vacancies not to invalidate Acts and Proceedings
26 Apprenticeship Advisers
27 Deputy and Assistant Apprenticeship Advisers
28 Apprenticeship Advisers to be public servants
29 Powers of Entry, Inspection, Etc.
30 Offences and Penalties
31 Penalty where not specific penalty is provided
32 Offences by Companies
33 Cognizance of Offences
34 Delegation of Powers
35 Construction of References
36 Protection of Action taken in good faith
37 Power to make rules
38 Repealed
Schedule
Modifications in the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 in its application to
apprentices under the Apprentices Act, 1961