Section 16: Fixation of wage period

What the provision requires

Requires the employer to fix a daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly wage period and prohibits a wage period longer than one month.

Implementation control: Document the wage period in employment terms and payroll configuration; ensure contractor cycles do not dilute employee payment deadlines.

Provision-level reading sequence

• Read each subsection, clause, proviso and explanation in the official text.
• Apply section 2 definitions before testing the obligation or exception.
• Identify the appropriate Government and the applicable Central or State rule.
• Check commencement, section-specific notifications and saved predecessor-law instruments.
• Document the factual test and the evidence supporting the conclusion.

Evidence pack

• payroll register and wage slip
• attendance and deduction authorisation
• bank advice/payment file
• employee notice/response where required

Compliance consequence

Apply the specific claims, recovery, adjudication, penalty and appeal provisions; do not infer a penalty solely from the section heading.

Remedy path: identify the claims authority, appellate authority, adjudicating officer, Inspector-cum-Facilitator or criminal court applicable to the issue.