Minimum Wage Code

The Sikkim government on Wednesday hiked the minimum wage for unskilled workers by 67 per cent to Rs 500. The daily wage for unskilled workers was increased from Rs 300 to Rs 500 with retrospective effect from July 11, 2022, Labour Minister Lok Nath Sharma said. The daily wage for semi-skilled workers was increased to Rs 520 from Rs 320, while skilled workers will get Rs 535 instead of Rs 335 earlier, he said. Highly-skilled workers will now get Rs 565 per day instead of Rs 365, Sharma said. These wages will be applicable for those working at altitude up to 8,000 feet, while 50 per cent more wages will be given to those working at altitudes from 8,001 feet to 12,000 feet, said the minister of the Himalayan state. Those working at altitudes of 12,001 feet to 16,000 feet will be paid 75 per cent more than the normal wage, he said. Those working at places above 16,001 feet will get double the normal wage, Sharma said. The new rates would be effective from July 11, 2022, and the lab

The Union Cabinet last week approved the Code on Social Security Bill-2019

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The ministry has come out with a list of occupations skill-wise, which will be dynamic in nature," a senior labour ministry official said, requesting anonymity.

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The landmark Code on Wages, which was passed on August 2, 2019, will have many consequences for the lives and livelihoods of millions of India's migrant workers who

The Bill which was passed by voice vote subsumes four labour laws -- Minimum Wages Act, Payment of Wages Act, Payment of Bonus Act and Equal Remuneration Act

At present, laws on wages do not cover workers getting a monthly wage of more than Rs 18,000