The Working Journalist and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (Bare Act)/ Universal Law Publishing

THE WORKING JOURNALISTS AND OTHER NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES (CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT, 1955
Jnlroduction
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
Sections
1. Short title and extent
2. Definitions
CHAPTER II
WORKING JOURNALISTS
3. Act 14 of 1947 to apply to working journalists 4. Special provisions in respect of certain cases of retrenchment 5. Payment of gratuity 5A. Nomination by working journalist
6. Hours of work
7. Leave
8. Fixation or revision of rates of wages 9. Procedure for fixing and revising rates of wages
10. Reconrunendation by Board 11. Powers and procedure of the Board 12. Powers of Central Government to enforce recommendations of the Wage Board 13. Working journalists entitled to wages at rates not less than those specified in the order 13A. Power of Government to fix interim rates of wages 13AA. Constitution of Tribunal for fixing or revising rates of wages in respect of working journalists
CHAPTER IIA NON-JOURNALIST NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES
13B. Fixation or revision of rates of wages of non-journalist newspaper employees 13C. Wage Board for fixing or revising rates of wages in respect of non-journalist newspaper employees . • 13D. Application of certain provisions 13DD. Constitution of Tribunal for fixing or revising rates of wages in respect of non-journalist newspaper employees

CHAPTER III
APPLICATION OF CERTAIN ACTS TO NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES 14. Act 20 of 1946 to apply to newspaper establishments 15. Act 19 .of 1952 to apply to newspaper establishments
CHAPTER IV
MISCELLANEOUS
16. Effect of laws and agreements inconsistent with this Act . 16A. Employer not to dismiss, discharge, etc., newspaper employees 17. Recovery of money due from an employer 17A. Maintenance of registers, records, and muster-rolls
17B. Inspectors
18. Penalty
19. Indemnity 19A. Defects in appointments not to invalidate acts 19B. Saving
20. Power to make rules — . 21. [Repealed]
THE SCHEDULE

THE WORKING JOURNALISTS (FIXATION OF RATES OF WAGES) ACT, 1958
Introduction
1. Short title
2. Definitions
3. Constitution of Committee
4. Functions of Committee
5. Powers of Committee
6. Power of Central Government to enforce recommendations
of Committee 7. Working journalists entitled to wages at rates not less than those specified in the order
S.. [Repealed] 9. Recovery of money due to working journalists
10. Authentication of orders, letters, etc., of the Committee 11. Effect of Act on Working Journalists Act, etc. 12. Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of Committee
12A. Penalty •
13. Power to make rules 14. [Repealed]

THE WORKING JOURNALISTS (CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) AND
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RULES, 1957
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title • « • 24
2. Definitiorxs . 24
CHAPTER II
GRATUITY 3. Payment of gratuity . 25 4. Gratuity due to a deceased working journalist to whom payable. 25
5. Nominations • 25 6. Deductions from gratuity . 25
CHAPTER III
HOURS OF WORK 7. Special provisions regarding editors etc. 26 8. Normal working day 26
9. Interval for rest 26 10. Compensation for overtime work 26 11. Conditions governing night shifts 27
12. Interval preceding change of shift 27
CHAPTER IV %
HOLIDAYS
13. Number of holidays in a year . 27
14. Compensatory holidays 27
15. Wages for holidays " . . . 27 16. Wages for weekly day of rest 1 27
CHAPTER V
9
LEAVE ' • /
17. Competent Officers . 27
18. Application for leave
•
27
19. Recording of reason for refusal or postponement of leave . 27 20. Affixing of holidays to leave . 28
21. Holidays intervening, during period of leave - 28 22. Recall before expiry of leave . ^ 28
23. Production of medical certificate of fitness before resumption pi duty . 28 24. Designation of authorised medical practitioner . 28
25. Earned leave . 28 26. Wages during earned leave . 28
27. Cash compensation for earned leave not availed of
28. Leave on medical certificate
29. Maternity leave
30. Quarantine leave
31. Extraordinary leave
32. Leave not due
33. Study leave
34. Casual leave '
35. Wages during casual leave
CHAPTER VI
MISCELLANEOUS 35A. Manner of giving notice under section 12 of the Act . ,
36. Application under section 17 of the Act . > . 37. Maintenance of registers, records and muster-rolls 38. Effect of rules and agreements inconsistent with these rules FORM A.— Nomination form for payment of gratuity under section 5 of the Working Journalists (Conditions of Service) and
Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 FORM AA.—Form for payment of gratuity under section 5 of the Working Journalists (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 in the case of minors FORM B.— Nomination form for payment of gratuity under section 5 of the Working Journalists (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 FORM C.— Application under sub-section (1) of section 17 of the Working Journalists (Conditiorw of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 FORM D.— Register of Employees FORM E.— Service Register FORM F.— Leave Register
FORM G.— Muster Roll FORM H.—Form of notice to be given under the proviso to clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 12 of the Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955
THE WORKING JOURNALISTS AND OTHER NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES TRIBUNAL RULES, 1979
Short title
Calling of parties
Notice
Proceedings before the Tribunal • Summoning of witnesses and production of documents
Expenses of witnesses