Any local authority, or any other body may make an application to the Secretary for a grant under sub-section (3) of section 17 of the Act. Such application shall be placed by the Secretary before the Board within a month of its receipt with his remarks, and the recommendations of the Board shall be forwarded to the State Government by the Secretary for obtaining the approval of the State Government.
1 Ins. by G.O.Ms. No. 202, Labour and Employment, dated the 28th January, 1981.
19 1 [10A. Conditions for payment of grants to the Organisations / Institutions. – (1) The Organisations /Institutions which are engaged in the organization and development of Labour Welfare programmes and registered under an appropriate Act are eligible to apply for grant.
(2) The Organisations / Institutions should utilise the amount only for the Labour Welfare Schemes approved by the Board for the benefit of employees covered under the Act.
(3) the Organizations/Institutions shall be open to inspection by Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer of the Board or any other person nominated by the Board.
(4) The Organisations/Institutions should maintain an account with a Scheduled/Nationalised Bank or Post Office in the name of the Organisation/Institution. The accounts shall be operated jointly by two office-bearers of the Organisations/Institutions.
(5) Accounts of the Organisations/Institutions should be audited by a Chartered Accountant or a Government Auditor immediately after the end of the financial year. If the accounts of the Institutions have not been audited by a Chartered Accountant or a Government Auditor, then the accounts of the Organisations/Institutions will be audited by Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer of the Board and the following certificate shall be given:- On verification of the accounts of ------------------ in respect of the grant of Rs.----- sanctioned by the Board for the year ------ with the help of the vouchers, I certify that the accounts are correct and that the grant has been utilised for the purpose for which it was sanctioned, as far as could be made out from the records made available. It is further certified that on the basis of the records shown to me the total receipts and payments of the Organisations/Institutions during the years are as follows :- Receipts Payments Rs. Rs.
(6) The accounts of the grant shall be maintained properly and separately as distinct from its normal activities and submitted to the Board monthly on the date specified by the Board. They shall always be open to check by Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer or Member of the Board.
(7) The Organisations/Institutions shall maintain a separate inventory for all assets acquired wholly or partly out of the grant.
(8) When the Board have reasons to believe that the grant is not being utilised for the approved purposes, the payment of grants shall be stopped and the earlier grants recovered.
(9) In the case of defaulting Organisations/Institutions, it will have to refund the grant along with interest at 6 per cent. per annum from the date of release of the grant to the actual date of refund.
(10) The Organisations/Institutions shall submit to the Board, as and when required, progress reports or any other information relevant to the implementation of the programme of Labour Welfare.
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(11) The Organisations/Institutions must exercise reasonable economy in the implementation of the programme.
11. Mode of payment. All payments from the Fund amounting to -------
(a) less than Rs.50 may be made in cash;
(b) Rs.50 or more shall be made by cheque issued by the Secretary:
Provided that the Board may, in any particular case for special reasons, authorise such payments also in cash.
1[11-A. Rate of contribution. – Every employee shall contribute a sum of 2[rupees ten] per year to the fund and every employer shall, in respect of each such employee, contribute a sum of 2[rupees twenty] per year to the fund. The Government shall, in respect of each such employee contribute a sum of 2[rupees ten] per year to the fund.]
12. Payment of contributions. ---- 3[(1) Every employer shall pay to the Board both the employer’s contribution and the employee’s contribution payable under section 15 of the Act for every year before the 31st January of the succeeding year. The employer shall recover from the employees whose names are borne on registers of establishment on the 31st December of the year and also from the employee who was discharged or dismissed or has resigned during the year; the employee’s contribution shall be recovered from his last wages paid, if he has worked for not less than 30 days during that year for which contribution is payable and such deduction shall be deemed to be deduction authorised by or under the payment of wages Act, 1936 (Central Act IV of 1936).
Provided that no such deduction shall be made in excess of the amount of contribution payable to such employees nor shall it be made from any wages other than the wages for the month of December:
Provided further that if through inadvertance or otherwise no deduction has been made from the wages of an employee for the month aforesaid, such deduction may be made from the wages of such employee for any subsequent month or months with the permission in writing of the Inspector appointed under this Act.]
(2) Notwithstanding any contract to the contrary no employer shall deduct the employer’s contribution from ay wages payable to an employee or otherwise recover it from the employee.
(3) An employer shall pay the employer’s and the employees’ contribution to the Board by cheque, money order or in cash, and he shall bear the expenses of remitting to the Board such contributions.
(4) The employer shall along with such payment submit a statement in Form A to the Secretary giving full particulars of the amounts so paid.
1 Ins. by G.O. Ms. No.159, Labour and Employment (G-2), dated 7-12-1998.
2 Subs. by G.O. Ms.No.16, Labour and Employment (G-2), dated 20-01-2015 (with effect from 23rd January, 2015), for “rupees seven”.
3 Subs. by G.O. Ms.No.16, Labour and Employment (G-2), dated 20-01-2015 (with effect from 23rd January, 2015), for “rupees fourteen”.
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(5) The Secretary of the Board shall submit to the State Government as soon as possible after the end of January every year in the prescribed form a statement showing the total amount of the employer’s contribution in respect of each establishment.