Punjab Act 17 of 1965

What it says

The Labour Department, Haryana's consolidated text of the Punjab Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965 with Haryana's amendments. Cited for who the fund covers (section 2(4): ten or more employees) and how contributions are structured (section 9A). A footnote records section 9A as substituted by an office letter of 7 March 2025; an office letter cannot amend an Act, so that caveat is carried with the record rather than resolved.

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 · Haryana.

Copy Caveat

Caveat on this copy: a footnote records section 9A as substituted by office letter No. HLWB/REV/2025/1306-1530 of 7 March 2025. An office letter cannot amend an Act. This copy is cited for who is covered and how contributions are structured; the cap figure printed in its section 9A is not relied on, and the current cap is taken from the Board's contribution table.

Coverage

The fund covers factories, premises where an industry is carried on, and shops and commercial establishments under the Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958, in which ten or more employees are employed on any day or were during the preceding twelve months (section 2(4)).

Employee Definition

An employee is anyone employed for remuneration to do work connected with the factory or establishment, directly or through an agency or contractor, with or without the principal employer's knowledge (section 2(2), as substituted by Haryana Act No. 7 of 2007).

Headcount Threshold

10 or more employees

Structure

Each employee contributes 0.2% of salary or wages every month, subject to a cap indexed each year to the consumer price index from 1 January, and the employer contributes twice that for each employee; the employer may recover the employee's share only by deduction from wages (section 9A(1) and (3)).

Where this is cited

• Labour welfare fund · Haryana