Labour Commissioner 
INTRODUCTION
With the growth of industries in India, problems relating to payment of wages to persons employed in industry took an ugly turn. The Industrial units were not making payment of wages to their workers at regular intervals and wages were not uniform. The industrial workers were forced to raise their heads against their exploitation.
The Payment of Wages Bill, 19351, based upon the same principle as the earlier Bill of 1933 but thoroughly revised was introduced in the Legislative Assembly on 15th February, 1935. The Bill was referred to the Select Committee. The Select Committee presented its report2, with the amended Payment of Wages Bill, 1935 to the Legislative Assembly on 2nd September, 1935.
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
In 1926 the Government of India addressed Local Governments with a view to ascertain the position with regard to the delays which occurred in the payment of wages to persons employed in industry, and the practice of imposing fines on them. The investigations revealed the existence of abuses in both directions and the material collected was placed before the Royal Commission on Labour which was appointed in 1929.The Commission collected further evidence on the subject and the results of their examination with their recommendations will be found on pages 216--221 and 236--241 of their Report. The Government of India re-examined the subject in the light of the Commission's Report and in February, 1933 a Bill embodying the conclusions then reached was introduced and circulated for the purpose of eliciting opinion. A motion for the reference of the Bill to a Select Committee was tabled during the Delhi session of 1933-34, but was not reached, and the Bill lapsed, The present Bill is based upon the same principles as the original but has been revised throughout in the light of the criticisms received when the original Bill was circulated.
ACT 4 OF 1936
The Payment of Wages Bill, 1935 was passed by the Legislative Assembly and it received the assent on 23rd April, 1936. It came on the Statute Book as "THE PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT, 1936 (4 of 1936)".
LIST OF AMENDING ACTS AND ADAPTATION ORDERS
1. The Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937.
2. The Repealing and Amending Act, 1937 (20 of 1937).
3. The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 1937 (22 of 1937).
4. The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Ordinance, 1940 (3 of 1940).
5. The Indian Independence (Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances) Order, 1948.
6. The Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.
7. The Part B States (Laws) Act, 1951 (3 of 1951).
8. The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 1957 (68 of 1957).
9. The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 1964 (53 of 1964).
10. The Central Labour Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 1970 (51 of 1970).
11. The Repealing and Amending Act, 1974 (56 of 1974).
12. The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 1976 (29 of 1976).
13. The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 1977 (19 of 1977).
14. The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 1982 (38 of 1982).
1. Published in the Gazette of India, 1935, Pt V, dated 15.2.1935.
2. Published in the Gazette of India, Pt V, dated 2.9.1935.