The Government of West Bengal vide circular No. Labr./420/(LC-IR)/22013/56/2019 has issued guidelines to be followed by all employers and employees of the state covered under the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (''Act''). The guidelines require establishments to pay bonus including employees in casual employment/re-employment after retirement/employed through contractors. The guideline further provides that the payments of bonus should be completed by September 23, 2022, to all Muslim employees/workers before Id-UI-Fitre. Please refer to the circular for more details