GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-4604 ANSWERED ON-08.05.2013
Amendment in Bonus Act
4604
. SHRI RAMACHANDRA KHUNTIA
(a)whether it is a fact
that at present skilled workers who are really contributing to
production and productivity are not getting bonus; and
(b)whether Government is
planning to amend the Bonus Act and waive the ceiling in salary and maximum
bonus so as to make everybody in a production unit eligible to get the bonus?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH)
(a): As
per the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, any employee is entitled to get bonus
provided he / she is considered as an eligible employee. As per the Act, an
“employee” means any person (other than an apprentice) employed on a salary or
wage not exceeding ten thousand rupees per mensem in any industry to do any
skilled or unskilled manual, supervisory, managerial, administrative, technical
or clerical work for hire or reward, whether the terms of employment be express
or implied.” Government has no specific information of skilled
workers being denied bonus.
(b): The calculation ceiling
and eligibility limit has been revised from Rs. 2500/- to Rs. 3500/- per month
and Rs. 3500/- to Rs. 10,000/- p.m. respectively vide the Payment of Bonus
(Amendment) Act, 2007 notified on 13/12/2007 and made effective from 1st April,
2006. Keeping in view the large financial implications for both for the Public
and Private Sectors further amendment to the Payment of Bonus Act for waiving
both the ceilings is not considered feasible at this stage.
