Section 22
Reference of disputes under the Act.
The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965
About this Act
An Act to provide for the payment of bonus to persons employed in certain establishments and for matters connected therewith.
Where any dispute arises between an employer
and his employees with respect to the bonus payable under this Act or with respect to the application
of this Act to an establishment in public sector, then, such dispute shall be deemed to be an industrial
dispute within the meaning of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947), or of any corresponding
law relating to investigation and settlement of industrial disputes in force in a State and the provisions
of that Act or, as the case may be, such law, shall, save as otherwise expressly provided, apply
accordingly.