Code on Wages 2019 with Code on Wages (Central) Rules 2026 [Bare Act with Section Notes] by Taxmann presents India's wage law in fully enforced form (w.e.f. 21-11-2025 vide S.O. 5322(E)), consolidating the Payment of Wages Act 1936, Minimum Wages Act 1948, Payment of Bonus Act 1965 and Equal Remuneration Act 1976. Its defining feature is provision-by-provision Section Notes with Case Laws, mapped to the repealed Acts—making the Bare Act a self-contained transition tool. It includes the notified Rules 2026 and Forms, a Comparative Study, five-way cross-reference Tables, Subject Index, Statement of Objects and Reasons, Notes on Clauses and an Appendix of cited Acts. Division Three adds enforcement and clarificatory notifications (including the ₹18,000 supervisory wage-ceiling notification of 30-1-2026), FAQs on the Code on Wages and Industrial Relations Code, and a Compliance Handbook spanning all four Labour Codes—a complete single-volume reference for the post-enforcement phase.
