minimum wages of daily wages workers

N.J. MISHRA (Querist) 10 January 2011 This query is : Resolved
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a company is running an institute of maritime studies. in that company there are certain daily wages workers who are doing the job of gardener and house keeping. the number of daily wages worker are 70 in numbers. whether the minimum wages of the workers will be govern according to Minimum Wages Act or some other law. what will be minimum wages the company can give to them, kindly guide me.

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Kirti Kar Tripathi (Expert) 10 January 2011
The minimum wages act are applicable to schedule employment declared by the appropriate government and under this Act the wages are prescribed on the basis of nature of Job and category of employees Skilled, unskilled, semiskilled, clerical etc.. The classification of employee such as daily rate, permanent, temporary, substitutes or probationary etc. is not apply in case of payment of minimum wages of these employees. In case the Institute of maritime studies is declared as scheduled employment by the respective appropriate government i.e. State Government under the act, Institute of maritime studies is required to comply the provision of the act. So it is better to enquire from the concerned Labour Office, whether institute of maritime studies is notified as schedule employment and in case, is notified you obtained the rate of minimum wages prescribed by the State Government to its employee and comply the same.