ABSTRACT
Minimum Wages Act, 1948-Revision
of minimum rates of wages for employment in General
Engineering and Fabrication Industry--Preliminary
Notification-Issued.
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT(JI) DEPARTMENT
G.O.(2D)
No. 40
Dated: 15.11.2005
READ:-
G.O.(2D) No.17, Labour and Employment(JI)
Department,, dated 23.4.2002.
Government letter No.36098/JI/2004-1,
Labour and Employment, dated 20.9.2004.
From the Commissioner of Labour,
Chennai letter No.Z1/33317/2005, dated 29.8.2005. -----------
ORDER:
In the Government Order first
read above the minimum rates of wages for the employment
in General Engineering and Fabrication Industry
were last revised under the provisions of the Minimum
Wages Act, 1948. The Government have now proposed
to further revise these minimum rates of wages
to the employment in General Engineering and Fabrication
Industry.
2. The appended Notification will
accordingly be published in the Tamil Nadu Government
Gazette both in English and Tamil. The Secretary
to Government, Tamil Development, Culture and Religious
Endowments (Translation) Department, Secretariat,
Chennai-600 009 is requested to send the Tamil
Translation of the Notification to the Works Manager,
Government Central Press, Chennai-600 079 (BY ORDER
OF THE GOVERNOR)
R. SELLAMUTHU, SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
To
The Works Manager, Government
Central Press, Chennai-79 (for publication in the
Government Gazette) (2 copies) (He is requested
to send 5 copies of the Notification to this Department
for reference and record)
The Secretary to Government, Tamil
Development Culture and Religious Endowments (Translation)
Department, Chennai-600 009 (2 copies)
The Commissioner of Labour, Chennai-600
006 (5 copies)
The Chief Inspector of Factories,
Chennai-600 006 ( 5 copies)
The Director of Industries and
Commerce,Chennai-600005
Copy to:
All Collectors.
The Director, Labour Bureau, Ministry
of Labour, Government of India SCO-28-31, Sector
17-A, Chandigarh-160017
The Secretary to Government of
India, Ministry of Labour, New Delhi.
The Secretary to Government Andhra
Pradesh, Labour Department, Hyderabad.
The Secretary to Government of
Karnataka, Labour Department, Bangalore.
The Secretary to Government of
Kerala, Labour Department, Trivandrum.
The Secretary to Government of
Pondicherry, Labour Deptt., Pondicherry.
The Secretary (Labour) Administration
of Union Territory of Lakshadweep, Kavarati Island-682
555.
The Employers' and Employees Association,
through the Commissioner of Labour, Chennai-600
006 (25 copies)
The Regional Labour Commissioner,
Sastri Bhavan, Chennai-600 006
The Special Personal Assistant
to Minister of Labour, Chennai-9
The Private Secretary to Secretary
to Government,
Labour and Employment Department,
Chennai-9
The Law Department, Chennai-9
SF/SC FORWARDED: BY ORDER
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APPENDIX.
NOTIFICATION.
The following draft of a Notification which it is
proposed to issue 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 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.
2. Notice is hereby 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 objection or suggestion, which may
be received from any person with respect thereto before the expiry
of the aforesaid period will be considered by the Government of Tamil
Nadu. Objection or suggestion, if any, should be addressed to the
l Secretary to Government, Labour and Employment Department, Secretariat,
Chennai-600 009 through the Commissioner of Labour, 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/515/2002,
published at pages 327 to 328 of Part II-Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu
Government Gazette, dated the 5th June 2002, the Governor of Tamil
Nadu after consultation with the Advisory Board hereby revises the
minimum rates of wages payable to the classes of employees in the
employment in General Engineering and Fabrication Industry in the
State of Tamil Nadu specified in column (1) of the Schedule below,
as specified in the Corresponding entries in column (2) thereof:-
THE SCHEDULE.
GENERAL ENGINEERING AND FABRICATION INDUSTRY.
Classes of
Employees
(1) |
Minimum
rates of Wages (per month)
(2) |
Zone-A
Rs. P. |
Zone-B
Rs. P. |
| I. ADMINISTRATION: |
|
|
(1)
Manager |
3557.00 |
3426.00 |
(2) Assistant
Manager |
3440.00 |
3316.00 |
(3) Accountant |
3440.00 |
3316.00 |
(4) Cashier |
3357.00 |
3240.00 |
(5) Store-keeper |
3357.00 |
3240.00 |
(6) Typist |
3357.00 |
3240.00 |
(7) Clerk |
3288.00 |
3178.00 |
(8) Time-keeper |
3164.00 |
3061.00 |
(9 ) Attender |
3164.00 |
3061.00 |
10) Security
Guard |
3164.00 |
3061.00 |
(11) Watchman |
2943.00 |
2854.00 |
(12) Peon |
2943.00 |
2854.00 |
II. SUPERVISORY: |
|
|
(1) Foreman |
3557.00 |
3426.00 |
(2) Supervisory |
3440.00 |
3316.00 |
(3) Chargeman |
3440.00 |
3316.00 |
(4) Workshop Toolkeeper |
3164.00 |
3061.00 |
| III. SKILLED: |
|
|
(per day)
Persons having experience
for a period of five years in a particular
trade or the persons who passes trade
certificate including Industrial Training
Institute with experience for a period
of three years in a particular |
121.00 |
117.00 |
| IV. SEMI-SKILLED: |
|
|
(per day)
(1) All trade certificate
holders Including Industrial TrainingInstitute
(Grade-I) |
115.50 |
111.00 |
(per day)
(2) Persons who worked
as helpers for not less than two years
in a particular trade (Grade-II) |
112.00 |
109.00 |
V. UN-SKILLED |
|
|
(per day)
Persons doing work which
do not require any training. |
107.00 |
104.00 |
Zone-A and Zone-B shall comprise of the following
areas:-
Zone-A:
All District Headquarters, Corporations and Municipalities.
Zone-B:
Other places.
Explanation
Dearness Allowance.-The employees shall be paid Dearness
Allowance as indicated below:-
(a) The wages notified above is linked to the average
Chenai City Consumer Price Index for the year 2000 namely, 475 points
(with base 1982=100) and for any further rise of every point over
and above 475 points, variable Dearness Allowance shall be paid at
the rate of Rupees 6.00 (Rupees Six only) per point per month.
(b) The revision of Dearness Allowance shall be effective
from the 1st April of every year on the basis of the average of the
indices for the earlier twelve months, that is from January to December,
of the previous year.
(c) The first calculation shall thus be effective
from the date of publication of this Notification in the Tamil Nadu
Government Gazette, based on the average of the Consumer Price Index
numbers for the previous year.
Wherever the nature of work is the same, no distinction
in the payment of wages shall be made in the case of male and female
workers.
(3) (a) To arrive at the daily wages, the monthly
wages shall be divided by 26.
(b) To arrive at the monthly wages, the daily wages
shall be multiplied by 30.
(4) Wherever the existing wages are higher than the
minimum wages fixed herein, the same shall be continued to be paid.
R. SELLAMUTHU,
SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
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