Rule 46. Responsibility for payment of minimum bonus

Where in an establishment, the employees are employed through contractor and the contractor fails to pay minimum bonus to them under section 26 of the Code, then, the company or firm or association or other person as referred to in the proviso to section 43 of the Code shall, on the written information of such failure, given by the employees or any registered trade union or unions of which the employees are members and on confirming such failure, pay such minimum bonus to the employees.

Explanation - For the purpose of this rule, the expression “firm” shall have the meaning as assigned to it in the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (9 of 1932).