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Section 16: Wage period

The HImachal Pradesh Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1969State Act of Himachal Pradesh · Act 1 of 1969

(1) Every person responsible for the payment of wages to an employee shall fix a period in respect of which such wages shall be payable.

(2) No wage period shall exceed one month.

(3) The wages of every person employed shall be paid before the expiry of the seventh day form the date on which the wages became due.

(4) Where the employment of any person is terminated by or on behalf of the employer the wages earned by him and the remuneration in lieu of unavailed period of due leave shall be paid before the expiry of the second working day after such termination and where an employee quits his employment on or before the next payday:

Provided that no claim under this section shall be entertained unless it is preferred within six month from the date of its accruing except under special circumstances at the discretion of the Chief Inspector of Shops and Commercial Establishments, Himachal Pradesh.

14 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS ACT, 1969

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ActThe HImachal Pradesh Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1969
Section16
Marginal noteWage period
JurisdictionState of Himachal Pradesh
StatusIn force as published by the source

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