26 August 2009
This depends on the relationship of the receipiant with the payer. However, honorarium is a nominal fee, especially a voluntary payment, for professional services rendered withoutthe normal fee. Under the labour laws, most important is an employee-employer relationship. If such a relationship exists, then the name given to the payment does not matter. You get no protection from labour laws by calling the payment as "honorarium".
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