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Fixed Minimum Wages for Workers


Fixed Minimum Wages for Workers

The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 provides for both the Central and State Governments as the appropriate Governments to fix, review and revise the minimum wages of the workers employed in the scheduled employments under their respective jurisdictions. Presently, there are 45 scheduled employments in the Central Sphere while in the State Sphere the number of such employments is 1709.

The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 is implemented by the Centre as well as the States in respect of their respective jurisdiction. In the Central Sphere, the enforcement is secured through the Inspecting Officers of the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) commonly designated as Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM), the compliance in the State sphere is ensured through the State Enforcement Machinery. They conduct regular inspections and in the event of detection of any case of non-payment or under-payment of minimum wages, they advise the employers to make payment of the shortfall of wages. In case of non-compliance, penal provisions against the defaulting employers are invoked. Details of enforcement of Minimum Wages Act, 1948 during 2014-15, 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 (upto December, 2016) are given below.

S .No.Particulars2014- 152015-162016-17
(upto Dec., 2016)
1No. of Inspections Conducted658298035732
2No. of Irregularities detected687477593839837
3No. Irregularities Rectified878094646740541
4No. of Prosecutions Launched377415491636
5No. of Convictions278214761386

Claim cases under Minimum Wages Act
YEARCLAIMSAMOUNT AWARDED (in Rs.)
B/FFILEDDECIDEDAWARDEDRECOVERERDPAID TO WORKES
1234567
2013-143855300028381230300725079411533439937
2014-1539802167248598568813589224430526714
2015-1636727431796666544174412803634879425
2016-17
(upto Dec., 2016)
2610719827749370484124193438196925

This information was given by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, the Minister of State (IC) for Labour and Employment, in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

Source : PIB
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