CHANDIGARH, DEC 1
The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, has disclosed that the state government would bring a Bill in the next session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha to amend the labour laws for the welfare of labourers in the state. He was speaking on the second and concluding day of the winter session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, here today.
Mr Manohar Lal said that wages of every labourer should be paid either through cheque or deposited directly into their bank accounts. With this end in view, the government plans to get the Payment of Wages Act 1936 amended. Under the existing provision of the Act, those labourers whose monthly wages are less than Rs 18000, payment has to be made in cash which admitted of room and scope for embezzlement, he pointed out.
The Chief Minister reminded the members of the House that his party had made a promise in the election manifesto that minimum wages of labourers would be raised to Rs 300 per day. Treading the path of Antodaya as shown by Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya, it was decided to announce a hefty increase in the minimum wages of labourer on his birth anniversary on September 25.
From November 1, 2015, we have increased the monthly minimum wages of the unskilled labourers to Rs 7,600 which amounts to Rs 300 per day. Similarly, the minimum monthly wages of the highly skilled labourers have been increased from Rs 6,537 to Rs 9,700 with an increase of 45 per cent.
He said that there was also a proposal to bring an amendment in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Under this Act, a unit employing 100 or more workers must take permission from the government before resorting to any lay-off, retrenchment or closure. The government has a proposal to raise the limit from 100 workers to 300 workers, he added.
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The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, has disclosed that the state government would bring a Bill in the next session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha to amend the labour laws for the welfare of labourers in the state. He was speaking on the second and concluding day of the winter session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, here today.
Mr Manohar Lal said that wages of every labourer should be paid either through cheque or deposited directly into their bank accounts. With this end in view, the government plans to get the Payment of Wages Act 1936 amended. Under the existing provision of the Act, those labourers whose monthly wages are less than Rs 18000, payment has to be made in cash which admitted of room and scope for embezzlement, he pointed out.
The Chief Minister reminded the members of the House that his party had made a promise in the election manifesto that minimum wages of labourers would be raised to Rs 300 per day. Treading the path of Antodaya as shown by Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya, it was decided to announce a hefty increase in the minimum wages of labourer on his birth anniversary on September 25.
From November 1, 2015, we have increased the monthly minimum wages of the unskilled labourers to Rs 7,600 which amounts to Rs 300 per day. Similarly, the minimum monthly wages of the highly skilled labourers have been increased from Rs 6,537 to Rs 9,700 with an increase of 45 per cent.
He said that there was also a proposal to bring an amendment in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. Under this Act, a unit employing 100 or more workers must take permission from the government before resorting to any lay-off, retrenchment or closure. The government has a proposal to raise the limit from 100 workers to 300 workers, he added.
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