Minimum wages of skilled and other workers revised
Srinagar: Government has revised the minimum wages of skilled and other workers with effect from October 01, 2009, a spokesperson of the Labour and Employment department said here today.
He informed that the revision was made after four years.
Accordingly, the wages of unskilled has been revised from Rs 66 per day to Rs 110, semi-skilled Rs 88 to Rs 150, skilled Rs 147 to Rs 200, ministerial, supervisor and accountants Rs 94 to Rs 175.
The spokesperson also said the revision of the rates will benefit lakhs of labourers working in organized and unorganized sectors of the economy.
The rates are applicable across the board to all workers of different categories.
Any employer who pays wages less than those fixed above shall be prosecuted under the provisions of Minimum Wages Act, he warned.
The Assistant Labour Commissioners of the Labour Department of all districts have been directed to strictly implement the revised rates and take due cognizance of any violation thereof.
The revised rates are also applicable to the workers working in the shopping establishments, domestic hands, factory workers and other industries.
Therefore, all the employers including the citizens who have hired domestic hands were informed that the payment of wages less than Rs 110 per day or Rs 3,300 per month shall invite the punitive provisions of the Act.
The rates shall also apply to the labourers working under various Central government schemes, State government schemes and other Corporations and Public Sector Undertakings.
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