Act Number: 29

Act Name: The Code on Wages, 2019

Year: 2019

Enactment Date: 2019-08-08

Long Title: An Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to wages and bonus and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Labour and Employment

Department:

Section 15: Mode of payment of wages.
    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 or by the electronic mode:
     Provided that the appropriate Government may, by notification, specify the industrial or other establishment, the employer of which shall pay to every person employed in such industrial or other establishment, the wages only by cheque or by crediting the wages in his bank account.
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