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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 wagefixing
 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 investigate
 the possibility of standardisation of wage rates, both for time and
piece workers, associating with it representatives of bona fide trade
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Deductions from Wages.
179. Legislation regarding deductions from wages and fines is necessary
 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 exceed
 the equivalent of the services rendered . : ie
(d) Application and enforcement—
(¢) Legislation should, in the first instance, apply only to employees
 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 particulars
 to be entered in the registers and the form in
#hich they are to be kept should be prescribed by provineial
 Governments.