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 AMENDMENTS

GUJARAT

After section 21, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—

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