Executive Summary:
This notification announces amendments to the Payment of Wages Air Transport Services Rules, 1968. It mandates that employers must upload a unified annual return in Form VIII on the web portal of the Central Government in the Ministry of Labour and Employment by February 1st of each year, providing information for the preceding year. These rules, called the Payment of Wages Air Transport Services Amendment Rules, 2019, take effect on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
Key Points / Main Content:
Annual Return Submission:
* Employers must upload a unified annual return in Form VIII to the Central Government's web portal in the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
* The deadline for submission is on or before February 1st of each year.
* The return must include information regarding the preceding year.
Inspection Clause:
* During inspections, inspectors can request accounts, books, registers, and other documents in electronic or physical form.
Electronic Form Definition:
* The term "electronic form" follows the definition in clause r of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Impact Analysis:
Employers:
* Impact: Employers are now required to submit annual returns electronically in a specified format.
* Action Required: Upload the unified annual return in Form VIII on or before February 1st each year via the designated web portal.
Ministry of Labour and Employment:
* Impact: The ministry's web portal will be the central point for receiving and processing the new unified annual returns.
* Action Required: Maintain and manage the web portal for the annual return submissions.
Inspectors:
* Impact: Inspectors have the authority to request documents during inspections in both physical and electronic formats.
* Action Required: Be prepared to receive and review documentation in both physical and electronic formats during inspections.
Key Entities Referenced
Payment of Wages Air Transport Services Rules, 1968: A set of rules related to the payment of wages in the air transport services sector, initially published in 1968.
Payment of Wages Act, 1936: An Indian law governing the payment of wages to certain classes of employed persons.
Ministry of Labour and Employment: A ministry of the Government of India responsible for labour and employment policies and regulations.
Central Government: The executive authority of the Government of India.
Information Technology Act, 2000: An Act of the Indian Parliament that deals with information technology and cybercrime.
Manish Kumar Gupta: Joint Secretary in the Government of India.
New Delhi: The capital city of India.
Mayapuri, New Delhi: An area located in New Delhi, Delhi, India, where the Government of India Press is located.
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MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th January, 2019
G.S.R. 55(E).— Whereas a draft of certain rules further to amend the Payment of Wages (Air Transport
Services) Rules, 1968, among other rules, were published as required by sub-section (5) of section 26 of the Payment of
Wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1936), in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) vide notification of
the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour and Employment number G.S.R. 413(E), dated the 23rd April, 2018,
inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, within a period of three months, from
the date on which copies of Official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public;
And whereas copies of the said Official Gazette were made available to the general public on the 23rd April,
2018;
And whereas the objections and suggestions received on the said draft rules from the public have been
considered by the Central Government;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26 of the said Act, the Central Government
hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Payment of Wages (Air Transport Services) Rules, 1968, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Payment of Wages (Air Transport Services) Amendment Rules, 2019.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Payment of Wages (Air Transport Services) Rules, 1968, for rule 16, the following rule shall be substituted,
namely:-
‘16. Annual return.- Every employer shall, on or before the 1st day of February in each year, upload unified annual
return in Form VIII on the web portal of the Central Government in the Ministry of Labour and Employment giving
information as to the particulars specified in respect of the preceding year:¹Hkkx IIµ[k.M 3(i)º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 3
Provided that during inspection, the inspector may require the production of accounts, books, registers and other
documents maintained in electronic form or otherwise.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this rule, the expression “electronic form” shall have the same meaning as
assigned to it in clause (r) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000).’.
[F. No. Z-20025/21/2018-LRC]
MANISH KUMAR GUPTA, Jt. Secy.
Note:- The Payment of Wages (Air Transport Services) Rules, 1968 was published in the Gazette of India vide
notification number S.O. 3036/PWA/ Air Service Rules 68, dated the 5th August, 1968 and lastly amended vide
notification number G.S.R.352(E) dated the 1st May, 2015.
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