Bombay Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1953 as it applies in Gujarat, amended by the Bombay Labour Welfare Fund (Gujarat Amendment) Act, 2005, as published by the Gujarat Labour Welfare Board

What it says

The Board's own copy of the Act and the Labour Welfare Fund (Gujarat) Rules, 1962. Section 2(4) covers factories, tramway and motor omnibus services, and shops-Act establishments of ten or more persons; section 2(2) leaves out managers and supervisors drawing more than ₹3,500 a month. Section 6-B sets half-yearly contributions of ₹3 from each employee and ₹6 from the employer, paid before 15 July and 15 January, with the State Government paying the Board a matching amount, and lets the Government raise the employee's share to not more than ₹6 by notification.

What was taken from it

The figures and statements this desk reads off this document, as extracted. Each one is shown on the topic page it belongs to: Labour welfare fund · Gujarat.

Due Dates

15 July and 15 January

Employee.Half Year

₹3 per employee, per half-year

Employee Definition

An employee is anyone employed for hire or reward in an establishment, but not a person employed mainly in a managerial capacity or a supervisor drawing more than ₹3,500 a month (section 2(2)).

Employer.Half Year

₹6 per employee, per half-year

Government Share

The State Government pays the Board an amount equal to the employer's contribution for each establishment (section 6-B(9)).

Headcount Threshold

10 or more persons

Increase Power

The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, raise the employee's contribution to not more than ₹6, and the employer's is then twice the raised rate (provisos to section 6-B(2)). No such notification has been found.

Recovery

The employer recovers the employee's share by deduction from wages and may not deduct its own share (section 6-B(5) and (6)).

Total.Half Year

₹9 per employee, per half-year, before the State Government's matching share

Where this is cited

• Labour welfare fund · Gujarat