Gazette Notification on The Payment of Wages Act, 1936.

The Payment of wages act has been amended. The Central Government has made amendments in section 6 of the Payment of Wage Act, 1936 through the ordinance.

“6. All wages shall be paid in current coin or currency notes or by cheque or by crediting the wages in the bank account of the employee;

provided that the appropriate Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify the industrial or other establishment, the employer of which shall pay to every person employed in such industrial or other establishment, the wage only by cheque or by crediting the wages in his/her bank account.”      

The notification is attached for your reference.