The State Government of Sikkim has published the proposal for revision of minimum rates of wages giving 60 days after which it will be applicable in respect of unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled, and highly skilled categories of scheduled employment
Contents News/Article Date: 11th July 2022
Relating to which Act: The Minimum Wages Act, 1948, and the Sikkim Labour (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2021.
Type: Government of Sikkim Extraordinary Gazette No. 44/DL
Pertains to: Employers and Employees in scheduled employment
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Sikkim is a state in northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to India’s Siliguri Corridor near Bangladesh. Sikkim is the least populous and second smallest among the Indian states.
The state government of Sikkim provides Shramik cards to the laborers working in the unorganized sector. This Shramik Card is beneficial in taking advantage of many government schemes.
The government on Wednesday hiked the minimum wage for unskilled workers by 67 percent 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,
Subject: The State Government of Sikkim has published the proposal for revision of minimum rates of wages giving 60 days after which it will be applicable in respect of unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled, and highly skilled categories of scheduled employment
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