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By minimum wages, I mean more than a bare subsistence level – i mean the wages of a decent living!
The State Payment of Subsistence Allowance Act and Payment Of Subsistence Allowance Rules
The Essence
the genesis
Employers very often resort to suspension of workmen on the ground that an enquiry into alleged misconduct is pending or that a complaint of criminal offence against the workman is under investigation or trial.
In certain cases employers do not make payment of any subsistence allowance during the period of such suspension. Hence, the Subsistence Allowance Act
Minimum wage is like work enthusiasm, it disappears quickly
Scope of the Act and rules
Objective
Ensure that workers who are suspended are paid a subsistence allowance during the period of investigation, so that they can meet their basic livelihood needs
coverage
- Payment of subsistence allowance
- Recovery of money due from an employer
- Registers and records to be maintained
- Returns to be submitted periodically
- Penalties for offences under the Act
"We make allowance for necessity"
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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