Act Number: 8

Act Name: The Employees Compensation Act, 1923

Year: 1923

Enactment Date: 1923-03-05

Long Title: An Act to provide for the payment by certain classes of employers to their workmen of compensation for injury by accident.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 17A: Duty of employer to inform employee of his rights.
    1[17A. Duty of employer to inform employee of his rights.--Every employer shall immediately at the time of employment of an employee, inform the employee of his rights to compensation under this Act, in writing as well as through electronic means, in English or Hindi or in the official language of the area of employment, as may be understood by the employee.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 11 of 2017, s. 2 (w.e.f. 15-5-2017).
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