Labour Welfare Fund in Andhra Pradesh
What the employee and the employer each pay to the Labour Welfare Fund in Andhra Pradesh, and when.
Labour Welfare Fund
- Employee pays
- ₹30
- Employer pays
- ₹70
₹30 from the employee and ₹70 from the employer, in December.
Applies to: Factories, motor transport undertakings, and shops, establishments, societies and trusts that employed twenty or more persons on any day in the past twelve months. Managers, supervisors earning over ₹1,600 a month, apprentices and part-time staff are left out.
What to do
- Deduct the employee's LWF share in the months it is due, add the employer's share, and pay both to the welfare board.
- Show the employee share on the payslip.
Terms used on this page
- LWF
- Labour Welfare Fund: a small payment to the state's welfare board, by the employee and the employer.
Where these figures come from
Andhra Pradesh Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1987 (definitions in section 2), Labour Department copy
Act, Labour Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, No. Act No. 34 of 1987
Andhra Pradesh Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2015 brought into force on 23 Apr 2015
Notification, Labour, Employment, Training and Factories Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, No. G.O. Ms. No. 7, LET&F (Lab.I) Department (Act No. 7 of 2015), 22 Apr 2015
Andhra Pradesh Labour Welfare Fund Rules, 1988 (rule 6: yearly payment by 31 January)
Rules, Labour Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh
Online payment made compulsory for Labour Welfare Fund contributions, restating the yearly ₹30 employee and ₹70 employer rates (with annexure)
Order, Labour, Factories, Boilers and Insurance Medical Services Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, No. G.O. Ms. No. 9, LFB & IMS (Lab-II) Department, 7 Dec 2020
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