Revision of minimum rates of wages payable to the apprentices employed in the Employment in Textile Mills in the State of Tamil Nadu under the Minimum Wages Act – 15th September 2022

Revision of minimum rates of wages payable to the apprentices employed in the Employment in Textile Mills in the State of Tamil Nadu under the Minimum Wages Act.

Contents News/Article  Date:    15^th September 2022

Relating to which  Act:   The Minimum Wages Act, 1948,  The Apprentices Act 1961

Type: Tamil Nadu Government Gazette                          

Pertains to:  Employers and Apprentices in Tamil Nadu 

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Subject: Revision of minimum rates of wages payable to the apprentices employed in the Employment in Textile Mills in the State of Tamil Nadu under the Minimum Wages Act.

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LABOUR WELFARE AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT  DEPARTMENT

Revision of minimum rates of wages payable to the apprentices employed in the Employment in Textile Mills in the State of Tamil Nadu under the

Minimum Wages Act.

[G.O. (D). No. 414, Labour Welfare and Skill Development (J1), 18th August 2022,

No.II(2)/LWSD/746/2022.—The following draft Notification, which is proposed to be issued in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 3 and sub-section (2) of Section 5 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (Central Act XI of 1948), is hereby published for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby, as required by clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the said Act.

 Notice is at this moment given that the draft Notification will be taken into consideration on or after the expiry of two months from the date of publication of this Notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette and that any objections or suggestions, which may be received from any persons with respect thereto, before the expiry of the aforesaid period will be considered by the Government of Tamil Nadu. Objections or suggestions, if any, should be addressed to the Secretary to Government, Labour Welfare and Skill Development Department, Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009 through the Commissioner of Labour, DMS Campus, Chennai-600 006.

Draft Notification.

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 3 and sub-section (2) of Section 5 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (Central Act XI of 1948) and in supersession of the Labour and

Employment Department Notification No. II (2)/LE/459/2018, published on pages 436 and 437 of Part II-Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, dated the 16th May 2018, the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby revises the minimum rates of wages payable to the category of apprentices engaged in the Employment in Textile Mills including Composite Mills, Spinning Mills, Weaving Mills, Open Ended Mills and the

various processes in the above said mills like Blow Room Carding, drawing, fly frames, spinning, winding, doubling, reeling, packing, warping-sizing and other processes in the Textile Mills, whether carried out singly or together in the state of Tamil Nadu, as Rs.324.00 (Rupees three hundred and twenty-four only) per day and the Dearness Allowance as provided in the Explanations given hereunder.

Explanations.-  In addition to the minimum rate of basic wages revised above, the apprentices shall be paid dearness allowance as specified below:-

1. The dearness allowance is linked to the average of Chennai City Consumer Price Index for the year 2010, that is, 161 points (with base 2001 = 100) and for every raise of one point over and above 161 points, an increase of Rs.2.00 (Rupees two only) shall be paid as dearness allowance per day
2. The dearness allowance shall be calculated every year on the first of April on the basis of the average of the indices of the preceding twelve months, that is from January to December
3. The first calculation shall be effective from the date of publication of this Notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette based on the Average Consumer Price Index number of the previous year
4. Where the nature of work is the same, no distinction in the payment of wages shall be made between men and women apprentices.
5. To arrive at monthly wages, the daily wages shall be multiplied by 30.
6. Wherever the existing wages are higher than the minimum wages fixed herein, the same shall be continued to be paid.