THE STANDING ORDERS ACT:9. Posting of standing orders.--The text of the standing orders as finally certified under this Act shall be prominently posted by the employer in English and in the language understood by the majority of his workmen on special boards to be maintained for the purpose at or near the entrance through which the majority of the workmen enter the industrial establishment and in all departments thereof where the workmen are employed.RULES:4. Publication of working time.--The periods and hours of work for all classes of workers in each shift shall be exhibited in English and in the principal languages of workman employed in the establishment on notice-boards maintained at or near the main entrance of the establishment and at the time-keepers office, if any. 5. Publication of holidays and pay-days.Notices specifying (a) the days observed by the establishment as holidays, and (b) pay-days shall be pasted on the said notice-boards. 6. Publication of wage rates.Notices specifying the rates of wages payable to all classes of workman and for all classes of work shall be displayed on the said notice-boards. 7. Shift working.--More than one shift may be worked in a department or departments or any section of a department of the establishment at the discretion of the employer. If more than one shift is worked, the workmen shall be liable to be transferred from one shift to another. No shift working shall be discontinued without two months notice being given in writing to the workmen prior to such discontinuance; provided that no such notice shall be necessary if the closing of the shift is under agreement with the workmen affected. If as a result of the discontinuance of the shift working, any workmen are to be retrenched, such retrenchment shall be effected, in accordance with the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) ,and the rules made there under. If shift working is restarted, the workmen shall be given notice and re-employed in accordance with the provisions of the said Act and the said rules.7-A. Notice of changes in shift working.--Any notice of discontinuance or of re-starting of a shift working required by Standing Order 7 shall be in the form appended to these orders and shall be served in the following manner, namely : The notice shall be displayed conspicuously by the employer on a notice-board at the main entrance to the establishment 10[*****] : Provided that where any registered trade union of workmen exists, a copy of the notice shall also be served by registered post on the Secretary of such union.]11. Payment of wages.--(1) Any wages, due to the workmen but not paid on the usual pay day on account of their being unclaimed, shall be paid by the employer on an unclaimed wage pay day in each week, which shall be notified on the notice-boards as aforesaid.12. Stoppage of work. (2) In the event of such stoppage during working hours, the workmen affected shall be notified by notices put upon the notice-board in the department concerned, 13[and at the office of the employer and at the time-keepers office, if any], as soon as practicable, when work will be resumed and whether they are to remain or leave their place of work. The workmen shall not ordinarily be required to remain for more than two hours after the commencement of the stoppage. If the period of detention does not exceed one hour the workmen so detained shall not be paid for the period of detention. If the period of detention exceeds one hour, the workmen so detained shall be entitled to receive wages for the whole of the time during which they are detained as a result of the stoppage. In the case of piece-rate workers, the average daily earning for the previous month shall be taken to be the daily wage. No other compensation will be admissible in case of such stoppage. Whenever particable, reasonable notice shall be given of resumption of normal work. (4) The employer may in the event of a strike affecting either wholly or partially any section or department of the establishment close down either wholly or partially such section or department and any other section or department affected by such closing down. The fact of such closure shall be notified by notices put on the notice-board in the section or department concerned and in the time-keepers office, if any, as soon as practicable. The workmen concerned shall also be notified by a general notice, prior to resumption of work, as to when work will be resumed.

PENALTIES: 13. Penalties and procedure(1) An employer who fails to submit draft standing orders as required by Sec. 3, or who modifies his standing orders otherwise than in accordance with Sec. 10, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, and in the case of a continuing offence with a further fine which may extend to two hundred rupees for every day after the first during which the offence continues.(2) An employer who does any act in contravention of the standing orders finally certified under this Act for his industrial establishment shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, and in the case of a continuing offence with a further fine which may extend to twenty-five rupees for every day after the first during which the offence continues.(3) No prosecution for an offence punishable under this section shall be instituted except with the previous sanction of the appropriate Government.(4) No Court inferior to that of1[a Metropolitan Magistrate or Judicial Magistrate of the second class] shall try any offence under this section.

THE CONTRACT LABOUR (REGULATION AND ABOLITION) ACT, 1970:29. Registers and other records to be maintained.- (2) Every principal employer and every contractor shall keep exhibited in such manner as may be prescribed within the premises of the establishment where the contract labour is employed, notices in the prescribed form containing particulars about the hours of work, nature of duty and such other information as may be prescribedRULES: 71. A notice showing the wage period and the place and time of disbursement of wages shall be displayed at the place of work and a copy sent by the contractor to the Principal Employer under acknowledgement.79. Every contractor shall display an abstract of the Act and rules in English and Hindi and in the language spoken by the majority of workers in such form as may be approved by the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central).81. (1) (i) Notices showing the rates of wages, hours of work, wage periods, dates of payment of wages, names and addresses of the Inspector having jurisdiction and date of payment of unpaid wages shall be displayed in English and in Hindi and in the local language understood by the majority of the workers in conspicuous places at the establishment and the work-site by the principal employer or the contractors as the case may be. (ii) The notice shall be correctly maintained in a clean and legible condition.PENALTIES:23. CONTRAVENTION OF PROVISIONS REGARDING EMPLOYMENT OF CONTRACT LABOUR. -Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act or of any rules made there under prohibiting, restricting or regulating the employment of contract labour, or contravenes any condition of a licence granted under this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both, and in the case of a continuing contravention with an additional fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for every day during which such contravention continues after conviction for the first such contravention.

THE PAYMENT OF GRATUITY ACT:4. Display of notice.-(1) The employer shall display conspicuously a notice at or near the main entrance of the establishment in bold letters in English and in a language understood by the majority of the employees specifying the name of officer with designation authorised by the employer to receive on his behalf notices under the Act or the rules. (2) A fresh notice shall be displayed immediately after the notice referred to in sub-rule (1) becomes illegible or requires a change.20. Display of abstract of the Act and Rules.- The employer shall display an abstract of the Act and the rules made thereunder 1 [as given in Form 'U'] in English and in the language understood by the majority of the employees at conspicuous place at or near the main entrance of the establishment.THE SEXUAL HARRASSMENT OF WOMEN ACT9. Every employer shall provide a safe working environment at the workplace which shall include safety from the persons coming into contact at the workplace; display at any conspicuous place in the workplace, the penal consequences of sexual harassments; and the order constituting the Internal Committee under subsection (I ) of section 4 :

THE PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT:25. Display by notice of abstracts of the Act.The person responsible for the payment of wages to persons 1 [employed in a factory or an industrial or other establishment] shall cause to be 2 [displayed in such factory or industrial or other establishment] a notice containing such abstracts of this Act and of the rules made thereunder in English and in the language of the majority of the persons employed 3 [in the factory, or industrial or other establishment], as may be prescribed.26. Rule-making power. (3)(b) require the display in a conspicuous place or premises where employment is carried on of notices specifying rates of wages payable to persons employed on such premises;

THE MINIMUM WAGES ACT:18. Maintenance of registers and records:(2) Every employer shall keep exhibited, in such manner as may be prescribed, in the factory, workshop or place where the employees in the scheduled employment may be employed, or in the case of out- workers, in such factory, workshop or place as may be used for giving out-work to them, notices in the prescribed form containing prescribed particulars.RULES:22. Publicity to the minimum wages fixed under the Act Notices in 1 {Form IX-A} containing the minimum rates of wages fixed together with 2 {abstracts of} the Act, the rules made thereunder and the name and address of the Inspector shall be displayed in English and in a language understood by the majority of the workers in the employment 2 {at the main entrances to the establishment and at its office} and shall be maintained in a clean and legible condition. Such notices shall also be displayed on the notice boards of all sub-divisional and district offices.23. Weekly day of rest (1) Subject to the provisions of this rule, an employee in a scheduled employment in respect of which minimum rates of wages have been fixed under the Act, shall be allowed a day of rest every week (hereinafter referred to as the rest day) which shall ordinarily be Sunday, but the employer may fix any other day of the week as the rest day for any employee or class of employees in that scheduled employment: PROVIDED that the employee has worked in the scheduled employment under the same employer for a continuous period of not less than six days: PROVIDED FURTHER that the employee shall be informed of the day fixed as the rest day and of any subsequent change in the rest day before the change is effected, by display of a notice to that effect in the place of employment at the place specified by the Inspector in this behalf.

THE MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT:19. Abstract of Act and rules thereunder to be exhibited. 19. Abstract of Act and rules thereunder to be exhibited.- An abstract of the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder in the language or languages of the locality shall be exhibited in a conspicuous place by the employer in every part of the establishment in which women are employed.PENALTIES:21. Penalty for contravention of Act by employer1Penalty for contravention of Act by employer. (1) If any employer fails to pay any amount of maternity benefit to a woman entitled under this Act or discharges or dismisses such woman during or on account of her absence from work in accordance with the provisions of this Act, he shall be punishable with imprisonment which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to one year and with fine which shall not be less than two thousand rupees but which may extend to five thousand rupees:Provided that the court may, for sufficient reasons to be recorded in writing, impose a sentence of imprisonment for a lesser term or fine only in lieu of imprisonment.(2) If any employer contravenes the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, he shall, if no other penalty is elsewhere provided by or under this Act for such contravention, be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both:Provided that where the contravention is of any provision regarding maternity benefit or regarding payment of any other amount and such maternity benefit or amount has not already been recovered, the court shall, in addition, recover such maternity benefit or amount as if it were a fine and pay the same to the person entitled thereto.]

THE KARNATAKA LABOUR WELFARE FUND ACT, 1965:7. Unpaid accumulations and claims thereto.- (1) All unpaid accumulations shall be deemed to be abandoned property. (2) Any unpaid accumulations paid to the Board in accordance with the provisions of section 3 shall, on such payment, discharge an employer of the liability to make payment to an employee in respect thereof, but to the extent only of the amount paid to the Board; and the liability to make payment to the employee to the extent aforesaid shall, subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, be deemed to be transferred to the Board. (3) As soon as possible after the payment of any unpaid accumulations is made to the Board, the Board shall, by notice (containing such particulars may be prescribed),- (a) exhibited on the notice-board of the factory or establishment in which the unpaid accumulation was earned; and (b) published in the official Gazette; and (c) also published in any two newspapers circulating in the area in which the factory or establishment in which the unpaid accumulation was earned is situate or in such other manner as may be prescribed, regard being had to the amount of the claim, invite claims by employees for any payment due to them. The notice shall be inserted in the manner aforesaid in June and December of every year, for a period of three years from the date of the payment of the unpaid accumulation to the BoardPENALTIES:17A. Penalty for obstructing Inspector in the discharge of his duties or for failure to produce documents, etc.- Any person who wilfully obstructs an Inspector in the exercise of his powers or discharge of his duties under this Act or fails to produce for inspection on demand by an Inspector any registers, records or other documents maintained in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder or to supply to him on demand true copies of any such documents, shall , on conviction, be punished, for the first offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both; and for a second or subsequent offences, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both: 1. Section 17A - 17C inserted by Act 73 of 1976 w.e.f. 8.10.1976 11 Provided that in the absence of special and adequate reasons to the contrary to be mentioned in the judgement of the court, in any case where the offender is sentenced to fine only, the amount of fine shall not be less than fifty rupees. 17B. Penalty for contravention of any provisions of the Act.- Any person who willfully contravenes any provision of the Act shall on conviction be punished for the first offence with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months and for the second and subsequent offences, with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with bothTHE PUNJAB LABOUR WELFARE FUND ACT, 19659. Unpaid accumulations and claims thereto:(3) As soon as possible after the payment of any unpaid accumulations is made to the Board, the Board shall, by notice (containing such particulars as may be prescribed) (a) exhibited on the notice board of the establishment in which the unpaid accumulations was earned; (b) published in the Official Gazette and also in any two newspapers in both the regional languages of the State having large circulation in the area in which the establishment is situated or in such other manner as may be prescribed, regard being had to the amount of the claim: invite claims by employees for any payment due to them. The notice shall be inserted in the manner aforesaid in June and December of every year, for a period of three years from the date of payment of the unpaid accumulations to the Board.THEMAHARASHTRALABOUR LABOUR WELFARE FUND ACT, 1953:Section 6A: Unpaid accumulations and claim thereto(2) Any unpaid accumulations paid to the Board in accordance with the provisions of section 3 shall, on such payment, discharge an employer of the liability to make payment to an employee in respect thereof but to the extent only of the amount paid to the Board; and the liability to make payment to the employee to the extent aforesaid shall, subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, be deemed to be transferred to the Board: (3) As soon as possible after any unpaid accumulation is paid to the Board, the Board shall by notice containing such particulars as may be prescribed (a) affixed on the notice board of the factory or establishment in which the unpaid accumulations were earned. (b) **** (c) Published in any two newspapers in the language commonly, understood in the area in which the factory or establishment in which the unpaid accumulation was earned is situated, or in such other manner as may be prescribed, regard being had to the amount of the claim invite claims by employees for any payment due to then. The notice shall be inserted in the manner aforesaid in June and Decmber of every year for a period of three years from the date of the payment of the unpaid accumulation to the Board. (4) If any question arises whether the notice referred to in sub-section (3) was given as required by that sub-section, A certificate of the Board to the effect that it was given shall be conclusive evidence thereof.

PENALTIES: 17A. Penalty for obstructing inspection in discharge of inspector's duties or failure to produce documents, etc.

Any person who wilfully obstructs an Inspector in the exercise of his powers or discharge of his duties under this Act or fails to produce for inspection on demand by an inspector any registers, records or other documents maintained in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder or to supply to him on demand true copies of any such documents, shall, on conviction, be punished.

(a) for the first offence, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both; and

(b) for a second or subsequent offences, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both;

Provided that, in the absence of special and adequate reasons to the contrary to be mentioned in the judgement of the Court, in any case where the offender is sentenced to a fine only, the amount of fine shall not be less than fifty rupees.