Minimum Wages Act, 1948
Section - 21 - Single application in respect of a number of employees
Single application in respect of a number of employees.21. (1) [Subject to such rules as may be prescribed, a single application] may be presented under section 21 on behalf or in respect of any number of employees employed in the scheduled employment in respect of which minimum rates of wages have been fixed and in such cases the maximum compensation which may be awarded under sub-section (3) of section 21 shall not exceed ten times the aggregate amount of such excess [or ten rupees per head, as the case may be.](2) The Authority may deal with any number of separate pending applications presented under section 21 in respect of employees in the scheduled employments in respect of which minimum rates of wages have been fixed, as a single application presented under sub-section (1) of this section and the provisions of that sub-section shall apply accordingly.STATE AMENDMENTSGUJARATAfter section 21, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—"21 A. Liability for payment of Court-fees.—(1) In any proceedings under section 21 the applicant shall not be liable to pay any court-fees (other than fees payable for service o .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store
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