Labour Welfare Fund in Gujarat
What the employee and the employer each pay to the Labour Welfare Fund in Gujarat, and when.
Labour Welfare Fund
- Employee pays
- ₹6
- Employer pays
- ₹12
₹6 from the employee and ₹12 from the employer, in June and December.
Applies to: Factories, tramway or motor omnibus services, and shops or establishments that employ, or on any working day in the past twelve months employed, ten or more persons. Managers, and supervisors earning over ₹3,500 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
Bombay Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1953 as it applies in Gujarat (definitions in section 2, contribution in section 6-B), Gujarat Labour Welfare Board copy
Act, Gujarat Labour Welfare Board, Government of Gujarat, No. Bom. Act XL of 1953, as amended up to Guj. Act No. 5 of 2005
Labour Welfare Fund contribution raised to ₹6 for the employee and ₹12 for the employer each half-year (Gujarat Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 634, Part IV-B, 15 Nov 2016)
Notification, Labour and Employment Department, Government of Gujarat, No. KHR-196-2016-KKB-10-2016-190722-M.4, 10 Nov 2016
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General information, not legal advice. Follow the official notification.
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