Minimum Wages Act, 1948
21. Single application in respect of a number
of employees
(1) Subject to such rules as may be
prescribed a single application may be presented under section 20 on behalf or
in respect of any number of employees employed in the scheduled employment in
respect of which minimum rates of wages have been fixed and in such cases the
maximum compensation which may be awarded under sub-section (3) of section 20
shall not exceed ten times the aggregate amount of such excess or ten rupees
per head as the case may be.
(2) The authority may deal with any number of separate pending applications
presented under section 20 in respect of employees in the scheduled employments
in respect of which minimum rates of wages have been fixed as a single
application presented under sub-section (1) of this section and the provisions
of that sub-section shall apply accordingly.