The Payment of Wages Act, 1936

Prior to the Act there was no proper regulation of payment made to workmen in India. The Bill known as the weekly payment bill passed for the first time in the Assembly, and some improvement made to the earlier condition as wages paid to employee by employer made...

The Madras Compulsory Labour Act, 1858

The Madras Compulsory Labour Act, 1858 dated 20th January, 1858 was enacted with a purpose for making compulsory labour lawful. The main objective of the act is to prevent inundation and enforce customary labour incase of agricultural works that requires irrigation....