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Question 22
What was the main objective of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936?
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Explanation:
The text states, "The main object of Act is to ensure to worker payment of their earned wages on due date without unauthorized deduction."
Question 23
The Payment of Wages Act, 1936, applies to the whole of India and to persons employed in which two main areas?
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Explanation:
The scope is defined as: "The Act applies to the payment of wages to persons employed in any factory and to person employed (otherwise than in a factory) upon any railway..."
Question 24
Under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, what is the maximum wage period that can be fixed by an employer?
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Explanation:
The text states, "A wage period shall not exceed one month at the time of payment of wages."
Question 25
If the employment of a person is terminated, within how many days must their earned wages be paid under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936?
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Explanation:
The rule states, "...the wages earned by him shall be paid before the expiry of the second working day from the day on which employment is terminated."
Question 26
Under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, an employer can pay wages by cheque or bank credit only after obtaining what?
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Explanation:
Section 6, as cited in the text, says, "The employer may after obtaining the written' permission of the employed person pay him wages either by cheque or by crediting the wages- in the bank account."
Question 27
The philosophy of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, is based on the idea that industry should exist for whom?
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Explanation:
The text opens the section on this act by stating, "The philosophy of labour laws including the Minimum Wages Act is that industry is for man and not man for industry."
Question 28
In the case of Bejoy Cotton Mills Vs State of Ajmer, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, in conformity with which Article?
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Explanation:
The Court's observation was that the act "...is also in conformity with the Directive Principles of State Policy embodied in Article 43 of the Constitution."
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