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APPENDIX 1. 
175. The industries referred to in Chapter VII should be examined 
in the first instance with a view to the need and possibility of instituting 
minimum wage-fixing machinery .. va ‘a 
176. If the results of investigation show the need for minimum wage- 
fixing machinery in industries of this kind the necessary legislation for 
setting up such machinery should be undertaken ; 
Standardisation of Wages, 
177. Every effort should be made to put into operation a policy of 
standardised wages in the Bombay cotton mills i. 2% ve 
178. The Jute Industry in Bengal should take early steps to investi- 
gate the possibility of standardisation of wage rates, both for time and 
piece workers, associating with it representatives of bona fide trade 
anions we 
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Deductions from Wages. 
179. Legislation regarding deductions from wages and fines is ne- 
cessary and desirable .. ,e 218 
(a) Fines— 
{¢) The fining of children should be prohibited. 
(1%) The payment of the fine should not be spread over more than 
one month from the date on which it was imposed, 
(#it) The maximum amount deducted in fines should not exceed 
in any month half an anna in the rupee of the workers 
earnings, 
(iv) The sums received from fines should be credited to a purpose 
beneficial to the employees as a whole and approved 
by some recognised authority, 
{v) Employers should be required to post notices specifying the 
acts or omissions in respect of which a fine may be im. 
posed. Fines for acts or omissions not so specified 
should be made illegal wt - 
(6) Deductions for damage or loss— 
The law should provide that the amount of such deduction 
should in no case exceed the whole-sale price of the 
goods damaged .e np 
{c) Other deductions, i.e., in respect of specific causes or benefitg— 
(7) Deductions may be allowed on account of the provision of 
housing accommodation and of tools and raw materials, 
In other cases they should only be permissible after the 
general or special approval of the provincial Government 
Or some authority appointed by it. 
(¢6) In all cases, the amount of the deduction should not ex- 
ceed the equivalent of the services rendered . : ie 
(d) Application and enforcement— 
(¢) Legislation should, in the first instance, apply only to em- 
ployees in receipt of less than Rs. 100 a month in factories 
under the Factories Act and on railways. 
(4) Employers should be required to maintain registers showing 
the three classes of deductions separately. The parti- 
culars to be entered in the registers and the form in 
#hich they are to be kept should be prescribed by pro- 
vineial Governments.