GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
LOK SABHA
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO 6
ANSWERED ON 24.11.2014
AMENDMENT TO MINIMUM
WAGES ACT
6 . Sampath Shri
Anirudhan
Will the Minister of
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:-
(a)whether suggestions
have been received from various quarters to amend the Minimum Wages Act, 1948
and if so, the details thereof;
(b)whether the
amendment proposes to cover all the employment sectors and increase penal
provisions; and
(c)if so, the details
thereof ?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE (IC)
FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)
(a) to (c): A
statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED
TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 6 FOR
24.11.2014 BY DR. A. SAMPATH REGARDING “AMENDMENT TO MINIMUM WAGES ACT”.
(a) to (c): Yes,
Madam. Major Central Trade Unions had raised demands to ensure universal
coverage irrespective of the schedules and fixation of statutory minimum wage
at not less than Rs.10,000/- linked with cost price index on 04.09.2012.
Further, the demand to fix minimum wages not less than Rs.15,000/- per month
was placed before the Government by these trade unions on 06.06.2014 and
24.06.2014.
Proposals for
amendment to the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 were put on the website of the
Ministry of Labour and Employment on 17.06.2014 for public consultation. The
proposals inter-alia include universal coverage to all the employments by
removing the restriction of 1000 or more workers for an employment to come
within the purview of Minimum Wages Act, making National Floor Level Minimum
Wage (NFLMW) statutory and enhancement of penal provisions by increasing the
fine prescribed for contravention of certain provision of the Act from Rs.500/-
to Rs.5,000/- on first conviction and with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to one year or with fine of not less than Rs.5,000/- extending up to
Rs.10,000/- in the case of second or subsequent conviction under the Act.
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