Legal remedies available to an employee when there is non-payment of salary by employer
Non-Payment of salary in India is one of the most commonly enjoyed practices by the employers and prevailed at the time of firing the employees. The employers presume that the employees don’t have any knowledge or resources whereby they can file the complaint or case against the employer. There exist multiple remedies for employees to claim their unpaid salary. The present article talks about the legal remedies available to the employees when there is non-payment of salary by the employer. The payment of salary/ wages of most of the kind in India is governed by the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, though it doesn’t apply to each and every level of employees. It is usually applied to low-wage/ salary blue caller workers. The wage ceiling under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 was increased to an average wage ceiling of INR 18,000/ month pursuant to a notification by the Indian Govt. effective from 11 September 2012 and if a person is not covered under this act, other remedies shall still...