Labour Welfare Fund in Goa
What the employee and the employer each pay to the Labour Welfare Fund in Goa, and when.
Labour Welfare Fund
- Employee pays
- ₹60
- Employer pays
- ₹180
₹60 from the employee and ₹180 from the employer, in June and December.
Applies to: Factories, motor transport, plantations, ports and docks, inland water transport, scheduled employments, and shops and other businesses including societies and trusts. Managers, and supervisors earning over ₹1,600 a month, 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
Goa, Daman and Diu Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1986 as first published (definitions in section 2) (Official Gazette Series I No. 5, 30 Apr 1987)
Act, Government of Goa, Daman and Diu, No. Act 4 of 1987, 30 Apr 1987
Goa Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2015: new section 14(1) with ₹120 employee, ₹360 employer and ₹240 Government contribution a year (Official Gazette Series I No. 22, Extraordinary No. 2, 28 Aug 2015)
Act, Law Department (Legal Affairs), Government of Goa, No. Goa Act 9 of 2015, 28 Aug 2015
Goa Labour Welfare Fund Rules, 1990 (rule 4: half-yearly statement by 31 July and 31 January) (Official Gazette Series I No. 49, 8 Mar 1990)
Rules, Department of Labour, Government of Goa, No. 21/25/87-LAB, 8 Mar 1990
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