Does not apply as set · Punjab LWF: above twenty persons for an establishment that is not a factory (you have 18)Act/Rule-sourced

Labour welfare fund

When to pay, how much.

The Act covers establishments above twenty persons; compliance sources say ten

Section 2(4) of the Punjab Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965 makes an establishment a factory, a motor omnibus service, or any other establishment that has employed more than twenty persons on a working day in the preceding twelve months. Compliance sites commonly report that the fund applies to establishments with ten or more employees. No amendment to section 2(4) has been found — the amending Acts traced, of 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2014, touch sections 2(10), 3 and 9-A only — so this page follows the Act's own line and shows the lower figure as unconfirmed. The contribution amounts those same sources give, ₹5 and ₹20, are confirmed by Punjab Act 32 of 2014 and are the figures used here.

The Act, as the Labour Department publishes it ↗

Not yet verified against an official source

Who is covered: A factory or a motor omnibus service whatever its size, and any other establishment — including a registered society or a trust carrying on a business — that has employed more than twenty persons on any working day in the preceding twelve monthsSection 2(4)
Who is an employee: Any person employed for hire or reward to do any work, skilled or unskilled, manual or clerical, in an establishment. The Act sets no wage ceiling and excludes no managerSection 2(2)
Which month counts: An employee whose name is on the establishment's register on the last working day of the monthSection 9-A(1), explanation
How it is paid: The employer pays both shares before 15 October for April to September and before 15 April for October to March, by crossed cheque or demand draft to the Welfare Commissioner. The department's own guide has it deposited through the e-Labour portal insteadSection 9-A(2)
Recovering the employee's share: Only by deduction from wages, and never more than the contribution due. A deduction missed in one month may be made in a later one after telling the employee and the Inspector in writing, and failing to deduct is no excuse for not payingSection 9-A(3) and its provisos
What else goes into the fund: Fines realised from employees, and wages, bonus or gratuity left unclaimed for a yearSections 3(2) and 2(10), as amended by Punjab Act 10 of 2010
Fines and unpaid accumulations, when: Paid to the Board by 1 May, 1 August, 1 November and 1 February, for the quarter beforePunjab Labour Welfare Fund Rules, 1966, rule 3(3)