Government has no proposal to waive Bonus ceiling
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-4604
ANSWERED ON-08.05.2013
Amendment in Bonus Act
4604 . SHRI
RAMACHANDRA KHUNTIA
(a)whether it is a
fact that at present skilled workers who are really contributing to production
and productivity are not getting bonus; and
(b)whether Government
is planning to amend the Bonus Act and waive the ceiling in salary and maximum
bonus so as to make everybody in a production unit eligible to get the bonus?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH)
(a): As per the
Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, any employee is entitled to get bonus provided he /
she is considered as an eligible employee. As per the Act, an “employee” means
any person (other than an apprentice) employed on a salary or wage not
exceeding ten thousand rupees per mensem in any industry to do any skilled or
unskilled manual, supervisory, managerial, administrative, technical or
clerical work for hire or reward, whether the terms of employment be express or
implied.” Government has no specific information of skilled workers being
denied bonus.
(b): The calculation
ceiling and eligibility limit has been revised from Rs. 2500/- to Rs. 3500/-
per month and Rs. 3500/- to Rs. 10,000/- p.m. respectively vide the Payment of
Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2007 notified on 13/12/2007 and made effective from 1st
April, 2006. Keeping in view the large financial implications for both for the
Public and Private Sectors further amendment to the Payment of Bonus Act for
waiving both the ceilings is not considered feasible at this stage.
Source:
rajyasabha.nic.in
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