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Code on Wages (Central Advisory Board) Rules, 2021
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....stions from all persons likely to be affected thereby on or before the expiry of a period of forty-five days from the date of publication of the said notification in the Official Gazette; And whereas, the said draft contains the proposed rules relating to - (i) sub-sections (1), (2), (3), (10) and (11) of section 42 (to the extent they relate to the Central Advisory Board); (ii) clause (s) and (t) of sub-section (2) of section 67 (to the extent they relate to the Central Advisory Board); (iii) section 69 [to the extent it relates to sections 7 and 9 (to the extent they relate to the Central Government) and section 8 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948)]; And whereas, the objections and suggestions rec....
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.... Words and expressions used in these rules and not defined in these rules shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Code. CHAPTER-II Central Advisory Board A. Procedure of Central Advisory Board under sub-section (10) of section 42 3. Constitution of the Board. - (1) The Board shall consist of the persons to be nominated by the Central Government representing employers and employees as specified in clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section (1) of section 42 and the independent persons and representatives of the State Governments as specified in clauses (c) and (d) of that sub-section. (2) The persons representing employers as referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 42 shall be twelve and ....
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....e Central Government shall, while nominating the members of the Board, take into account that the independent members under sub-rule (3) shall not exceed one-third of the total members of the Board and one-third of the members of the Board shall be women. 4. Additional functions of the Board. - In addition to the functions specified in sub-section (3) of section 42, the Board on reference by the Central Government advise that Government on the issue relating to the fixation of minimum wages in respect of- (i) working journalists as defined in clause (f) of section 2 of the Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (45 of 1955); and (ii) sales promoti....
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....nsacted at any meeting unless at least one-third of the members and at least one representative member each of both the employers and an employee are present: Provided that, if at any meeting less than one-third of the members are present, the Chairperson may adjourn the meeting to a date not later than seven days from the date of the original meeting and it shall thereupon be lawful to dispose of the business at such adjourned meeting irrespective of the number of members present: Provided further that the date, time and place of such adjourned meeting shall be intimated to all the members electronically or by a registered post. 9. Disposal of business of the Board.- All business of the Board shall be considered at a meeting of th....
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.... (2) Every person who is summoned and appears as a witness before the Board shall be entitled to an allowance for expenses incurred by him in accordance with the scale for the time being in force for payment of such allowance to witnesses appearing before a Civil Court. B. Terms of office of members of the Board under sub-section (11) of section 42 13. Term of office of members of the Board.- (1) Subject to the provisions of these rules, the term of office of a member, other than an official member, shall be normally two years commencing from the date of his appointment or nomination, as the case may be, under sub-section (1) of section 42: Provided that such a member shall, notwithstanding the expiry of the said period of two year....
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....Government. (3) A non-official member of the Board shall be entitled to draw travelling and halting allowance for any journey performed by him in connection with his duties as such member of the Board at the rates and subject to the conditions specified in the extant instructions of Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. 15. Officers and Staff.- The Central Government may provide officers and staff to the Board, as it may think necessary for the functioning of the Board. 16. Eligibility for re-nomination of the members of the Board.- An outgoing non-official member shall be eligible for re-nomination for the membership of the Board for not more than total three terms. 17. Resignation of members of t....