Every employer shall issue wage slips, electronically or otherwise, to the employees in Form VIII on or before payment of wages.
41. Manner of holding enquiry under sub-section (1) of section
53.- (1) When a complaint is filed before an officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 53 (hereinafter in this rule referred to as ―the officer‖) in respect of the offences referred to in said sub-section either by an officer authorized for such purpose by the State Governrment or by an employee aggrieved or a registered trade union registered under the Trade Unions Act, 1926 (16 of 1926) or an Inspector-cum-Facilitator, the officer, after considering such evidences as may be produced before him by the complainant, is of the opinion that an offence 25 has been committed, shall issue summons to the offender on the address specified in the complaint fixing a date for his appearance .
(2) If the offender to whom the summons has been issued under sub-rule (1) appears or is produced before the officer, he shall explain the offender the offence alleged to have committed by him and if the offender pleads guilty, the officer shall impose penalty on him in accordance with the provisions of the Code and when the offender does not plead guilty, the officer shall take evidence of the witnesses produced by the complainant on oath and provide an opportunity of cross examination of the witnesses so produced. The officer shall record the statement of the witnesses on oath and in cross examination in writing and take the documentary evidence on record.
(3) The officer shall after the complainant‘s evidence is complete, provide an opportunity of defence to the accused person and the witnesses produced by the accused shall be cross examined after their statements on oath by the complainant and documentary evidence in defence shall be taken on record by the officer.
(4) The officer shall after hearing the parties and considering the evidences, both oral and documentary, decide the complaint in accordance with the provisions of the Code.