Where any workman is suspended by the employer pending investigation or inquiry into complaints or charges of misconduct against him, the employer shall pay to such workman subsistence allowance. This provision was inserted in the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 in which year-
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Under the Industrial Disputes Act, when a workman is suspended pending investigation, the employer must pay subsistence allowance. The amount and conditions are prescribed under applicable standing orders or settlement terms.