MAHARASHTRA ACT No. XXV OF 2024.
(First publilshed, after having received the assent of the Governor in the “ Maharashtra Government Gazette ”, on the 18th March 2024.)
An Act further to amend the Maharashtra Labour Welfare Fund Act.
WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Maharashtra Labour
Welfare Fund Act, for the purposes hereinafter appearing ; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-fifth Year of the Republic of India, as follows :—
1. Short title – This Act may be called the Maharashtra Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2024.
2. Amendment of section 6BB of XL of 1953 – In section 6BB of the Maharashtra Labour Welfare Fund Act, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely :–
“(2) The amount of contribution payable every six months in respect of every employee and an employer for each such employee shall be at the following rates, namely :–
(a) in respect of an employee, whose name appears in the register of an establishment on the 30th June and 31st December, respectively, shall be at the rate of twenty-five rupees :
Provided that, the State Government shall on receipt of a proposal from the Board, by notification in the Official Gazette, increase once in every three years, the rate of employee’s contribution so, however that, such increase shall not exceed thirty per cent. of the rate of contribution ;
(b) in respect of an employer, for each employee referred to in clause(a), thrice the amount of contribution payable by an employee.”.
