{"id":130,"date":"2016-11-22T15:47:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T15:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp\/?p=130"},"modified":"2018-07-20T08:21:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T08:21:10","slug":"a-generation-plugged-to-the-new-era-of-change-my-convocation-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/greatsupports.in\/blog\/a-generation-plugged-to-the-new-era-of-change-my-convocation-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"THE PAYMENT OF BONUS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The Govt. of India has amended the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 by an Ordinance issued on 27<sup>th<\/sup> October, 2007. <\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>What is the impact ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>With the promulgations of this Ordinance, the salary ceiling has been increased to Rs.10, 000\/- P.M.\u00a0\u00a0 The entitlement for calculation of Bonus will be Rs. 3,500\/-P.M.\u00a0 Effective from 01\/04\/2006.<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>The current celling of 3500\/- for bonus was fixed in April 1995. The bonus celling had been fixed at 1600\/- in 1965 which was raised to 2500\/- in 1985 and 3500\/- in 1995 by amending section 2 (13) of the payment of bonus act. <\/em><\/strong><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Those employed through contractor on building operation have now been covered under the Payment of Bonus Act.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Though the cover is for employees earning basic and DA up to 10,000\/-, you should restrict their basic and DA to Rs.3, 500\/- p.m. or actual basic and DA for the month whichever is lower, for bonus computation. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>An employee should be in service for minimum 30 days during the previous financial year. Payments should be made before the expiry of 8 months from the start of a FY i.e. before end of NOV.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>The statutory rate of bonus is: Minimum 8.33% on basic and DA for the year. Maximum basic and DA cannot exceed 42,000\/- p.a. (3500 x 12) for bonus computation.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>As per provision of bonus act if you are getting less than or Rs-10,000 (Basic) as a salary and if you had worked 30 days in a account year you will be entitled for bonus and bonus will be calculated on less then or Rs-3500\/- PM (sec 12) @ rate of minimum 8.33% (sec.10)and maximum 20%(sec.11).the % depends on the allocable surplus of the company but one employer will have to pay 8.33% as a mandatory even if he is not earning profit. There is also a provision that for a new company the act have given a relaxation of 5 years but if during the year the company is earning profit then the company will have to pay bonus for the particular year (sec.16).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amendment of Bonus bill 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>THE PAYMENT OF BONUS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2015<br \/>\nA\u00a0 BILL further to amend the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965.<br \/>\nBE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:\u2014<br \/>\n1. (1) This Act may be called the Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015.<br \/>\n(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2015.<br \/>\n2. In section 2 of the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (hereinafter referred to as the<br \/>\nprincipal Act), in clause (13), for the words \u2018\u2018ten thousand rupees\u2019\u2019, the words \u2018\u2018twenty-one<br \/>\nthousand rupees\u2019\u2019 shall be substituted.<br \/>\n3. In section 12 of the principal Act,\u2014<br \/>\n(i) for the words \u2018\u2018three thousand and five hundred rupees\u2019\u2019 at both the places<br \/>\nwhere they occur, the words \u2018\u2018seven thousand rupees or the minimum wage for the<br \/>\nscheduled employment, as fixed by the appropriate Government, whichever is higher\u2019\u2019<br \/>\nshall respectively be substituted;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Explanation.\u2014For the purposes of this section, the expression<br \/>\n\u2018\u2018scheduled employment\u2019\u2019 shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in<br \/>\nclause (g) of section 2 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.\u2019.<br \/>\n4. In section 38 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall<br \/>\nbe substituted, namely:\u2014<br \/>\n\u2018\u2018(1) The Central Government may, subject to the condition of previous publication,<br \/>\nby notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this<br \/>\nAct.\u2019\u2019.<br \/>\n\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the Impact.?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bonus is eligible to person earning up to 21000 PM.<\/p>\n<p>The upper limit of Bonus is 7000 PM or\u00a0 The minimum wages of the scheduled employment whichever is higher.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sw-content-locator\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Govt. of India has amended the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 by an Ordinance issued on 27th October, 2007. What is the impact ? 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