Government of Telangana declares average rise in the consumer price index numbers for specified employments from 1/10/2023
Contents News/Article Date: 20th September 2023
Relating to which Act: The Minimum Wages Act 1948
Penalty under the Act: (a) Pays to any employee less than the minimum rates of wages fixed for that employee’s class of work, or less than the amount due to him under the provisions of this Act or (b) Contravenes any rule or order made under section 13, the Central Act treats all violation of the working hours, minimum wages and similar conditions as an offence. These are punishable by penalties which can take the shape of 10000 INR fine or five years of imprisonment. The appropriate government can appoint a labour commissioner, an officer having experience as a Stipendiary Magistrate judge, Commissioner for Workmen’s Compensation or an officer ranked above a Labour Commissioner for processing the complaints lodged.
Applicable to which State: State of Telangana
Type: The Telangana Gazette Notification No. 176A for the period 1/10/2023
Pertains to: Employers and Employees in employment in Telangana under the Minimum Wages Act (Central Act XI of 1948) for the period from 1/10/2023
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Karma Global has a system to regularly track announcement of minimum wages declared and also consumer price index and in this respect, the Kerala’s Department of Economics & Statistics, Thiruvananthapuram has announced the Consumer Price Index (Cost of Living Index) Numbers applicable to employees for the month of July 2023.
Karma Global will inform all its clients accordingly so that this knowledge information is known to all of them
And in this instance : In exercise of the powers conferred under clause d of section (2) and sub section (2) of the section 4 of the Minimum Wages Act , 1948 (Central Act 11 of 1948) the Commissioner of Labour, Telangana, Hyderabad, and the Competent Authority under the Minimum Wages Act 1948, hereby declare the average rise in the Consumer Price Index Numbers for State Industrial Workers as well as State Agricultural workers for the half year ending June 2023, i.e. as on 1/10/2023 in respect of the employment specified under Part I and Part II of the schedule
Subject: Government of Telangana declares average rise in the consumer price index numbers for specified employments from 1/10/2023
Attached is the notification