The Haryana government notified the Draft Rules for the Code on Wages in the gazette on 16 September 2021.
Applicability
Once in force, the Draft Rules will apply across the whole State of Haryana, effective from the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette, following the commencement of the Code on Wages, 2019. They will repeal three existing regulations:
- Punjab Minimum Wages Rules, 1950
- Punjab Payment of Wages (Procedure) Rules, 1965
- Punjab Payment of Wages Rules, 1937
Compliances
The Draft Rules prescribe eleven forms covering procedures under the Code:
- Form I – Register of wages, overtime, fines, and deductions for damage or loss (Rules 17, 18 & 62)
- Form II – Application under Section 45(5) before the authority appointed under Section 45(1) of the Code on Wages, 2019 (Rule 48)
- Form III – Appeal under Section 49(1) of the Code on Wages, 2019 before the Appellate Authority (Rule 57(1))
- Form IV – Employee register (Rule 62(3))
- Form V – Wage slip (Rule 63)
- Form VI – Application under Section 56(4) for composition of offence (Rule 65(1))
- Form VII – Bonus paid to employees for the accounting year ending (Rule 62(3))
- Form VIII – Certificate of authorization (Rule 49)
- Form IX – Notice for disposal of an application (Rule 53(1))
- Form X – Record of order or direction (Rule 54(1))
- Form XI – Notice to the respondent of the hearing date for an appeal under Section 45(2) of the Code on Wages, 2019 (Rule 57(3))