section 44
Single application in respect of claims from unpaid group
The Goa Shops and Establishments Act, 1973Labour197374 sections
Statutory text
- (1) Employees are said to belong to the same unpaid group if they are borne on the same establishment and if their wages or gratuity for the same period or periods have remained unpaid after the day on which those were due. (2) A single application may be presented under section 43 on behalf, or in respect, of any number of employees belonging to the same unpaid group, and in such case the maximum compensation that may be awarded under sub-section (2) of that section shall be twenty five rupees per head. (3) The Judicial authority may deal with any number of separate pending applications, presented under section 43, in respect of persons belonging to the same unpaid group, as if it were single application presented under sub-section (2) of this section, and the provisions of that sub-section shall apply accordingly.
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