27 September 2017
The Act applies, in the first instance, to, non-seasonal factories employing 10 or more persons. The provisions of the Act are being extended area-wise by stages. The Act contains an enabling provision under which the "appropriate government" is empowered to extend the provisions of the Act to other classes of establishments - industrial, commercial, agricultural or other-wise. Under these provisions most of the State Govts. have extended the provisions of the Act to new classes of establishments namely: shops, hotels, restaurants, cinemas including preview theatres, road-motor transport undertakings and newspaper establishments employing 20 or more coverable employees. The Scheme has also been extended to Educational Institutions employing 20 or more persons in Rajasthan, Bihar, Pondicherry, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Chattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Punjab, Tamilnadu and to Private Medical Institutions in the State of West Bengal, Rajasthan, Bihar, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Assam, UT Chandigarh, Jharkhand and Orissa. As of now, employees of factories/establishments mentioned above in the implemented areas and drawing wages (excluding overtime) not exceeding Rs.15, 000/- per month are covered under the Act.
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