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Lok Sabha passes Code on Wages Bill, 2019
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a Bill to codify provisions of four existing laws to provide legislative protection of minimum wage to the entire workforce and prohibit the employers from paying wages less than the minimum wages.
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Joint forum of tea trade unions seek intervention of Sitharaman, Mamata
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], July 28 (ANI): Joint Forum, a platform of 29 tea trade unions, has sought the intervention of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the implementation of Minimum Wages Act for the tea garden workers.
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Effective minimum wage policy can spur sustainable, inclusive growth: Econ
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): A well-designed and effective implementation of minimum wages will strengthen the trend towards decreasing wage inequality, especially at lower levels, says the Economic Survey 2018-19, which Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman table
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If voted to power, Rahul assures direct transfer of minimum wages
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Gulbarga (Karnataka) [India], Mar 18 (ANI): Reiterating his promise of minimum basic income, Congress president Rahul Gandhi announced on Monday that if voted to power his party will deposit money directly into the bank accounts of poor.
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Odisha govt hikes minimum daily wage of labourers
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha), Oct 30 (ANI): The Odisha government on Tuesday hiked the minimum daily wages of unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled, and highly-skilled labourers in the state.
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West Bengal: Tea trade unions call for 3-day strike
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Aug 07 (ANI): Three-day strike in the tea industry, called by the joint forum of 26 tea trade unions over the implementation of minimum wages, entered its first day on Tuesday.
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Kerala HC stays govt decision to hike nurses' salary
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala)[India], Mar. 16 (ANI): The Kerala High Court stayed the release of the final notification on fixing the minimum wages of nurses.
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Chhattisgarh Govt. increases minimum wages of workers
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], September 27 (ANI): The Chhattisgarh Government has announced the rates of variable Dearness Allowances (DA) on the minimum basic salary for workers, working in various scheduled plans.
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Delhi HC seeks Kejriwal's reply on current rate of minimum wages
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Kejriwal Government on seeking its reply on the enforcement of current statutory rates of minimum wages to benefit 60 lakh workers.
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12 contractual workers sacked for demanding min wages at AIIMS
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 12 (ANI): As many as 12 contractual workers at the AIIMS Trauma Centre were sacked on Wednesday by their employer, outsourced by a private company, for allegedly taking up the issue of not being paid minimum wages.
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All decks cleared to hike minimum wages in Delhi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 3 (ANI): Delhi has become the first government in the country to give the highest hike in minimum wages, following ratification of the cabinet decision by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Friday.
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Sama Venkanna appointed as chairman of Advisory Council on Minimum Wages
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Telangana], Dec. 5 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday appointed Sama Venkanna aka Venkat Reddy as chairman of the Advisory Council on Minimum Wages.
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