revising the minimum rates of wages for agricultural workers. By this notifiction the minimum rates of wages fixed zonewise, and the minimum wage for unskilled ... Wage, (2) Minimum wage should be on par with Employment Guarantee Scheme Wage and (3) Minimum wage should be lower than Employment Guarantee Scheme Wage
into and advice in respect of fixation of such minimum wages.
(vi) Fixation of minimum wages is a quasi-judicial act and hence principles ... fixing minimum rates of wages.
(viii) The rates fixed in the impugned notification are not minimum wages, but of fair wages of living wages
Class of Employees Minimum Rates of Wages per month
No.
(1) (2) (3)
Zone I Zone II Zone III
Rs. Rs. Rs.
1. Skilled ... Class of Employees Minimum Rates of Wages per month
(1) (2) (3)
Zone I Zone II Zone III
Rs. Rs. Rs.
1. Skilled
into and advise in respect of fixation of such minimum wages.
(vi) Fixation of minimum wages is a quasi-judicial act and hence principles ... fixing minimum rates of wages.
(viii) The rates fixed in the impugned notification are not minimum wages, but of fair wages or living wages
thus :
________________________________________________________________________
Serial No. Class of Employees Minimum Rates of Wages
_________________________________
Zone I Zone II Zone III
(1) (2) (3)
1. Skilled ... Serial Class of Employees Basic Minimum rates of wages
No. (per month)
Zone I Zone II Zone
were below the minimum statutory provision for
wages required to be paid under the Minimum Wages Act .
Zone No. of Based ... rates are
amounts to below minimum
statutory
East 119 Rs.3916773/- Rs.3457450/-
provision of
Zone Labours
minimum
Labour +
wages to be
Cost 18
paid
Minimum Wages Act, 1948 ss. 5(1) --Validity of--Power of
Government to fix minimum Wages either by method ... matter of fixing minimum wages. Its
failure to do so has resulted in fixing minimum wages
arbitrarily.
(4) Fixing of minimum wages under the provisions
section (2), of the Act (the minimum Wages Act ) fixing the rates of minimum wages with effect from 31 March, 1952, for workers employed ... procedure requisite under the Minimum Wages Act was not followed by the State Government before revising the rates of minimum wages payable to the bidi
under:-
SCHEDULE
SI. No. Classification Minimum Rates of Wages per
month
of work Zones Zones Zones
Zones
1 2345 6
Thereafter, various groups are mentioned ... minimum wages of various classes of employees working in shops and
commercial establishments in the State of Karnataka. The rates of minimum
wages mentioned
where any wage periods have been fixed under Section 4 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1936), minimum wages shall be fixed ... revising minimum rates of wages under the Section. In the instant case, the appropriate Government has chosen in revising minimum rates of wages to beedi
