Government of Tamil Nadu - Government Orders

Minimum Wages Act, 1948 - Employment in Salt Pans - Revision of minimum rates of wages - Preliminary Notification - Issued.

In the Government Order first read above, the minimum rates of wages for the employment in Salt Pans were revised under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948. The Government have now proposed to further revise these minimum rates of wages.

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 (Translation) and Religious Endowments 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.

The Works Manager, Government Central Press, Chennai-79 (for publication of the notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette) (2 copies)

The Secretary to Government, Tamil Development Culture (Translation) and Religious Endowments Department, Chennai-9 (2 copies)

The Employers’ and Employees’ Organisations through the Commissioner of Labour, Chennai-600 006 (50 copies)

The Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation, New Delhi - 110 001

The Private Secretary to Principal Secretary to Government, Labour and Employment Department, Chennai-600 009.

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 the 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 Principal Secretary to Government, Labour and Employment Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009 through the Commissioner of Labour, Chennai-600 006.

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/362/2001, published at page 174 of Part II - Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, dated the 18th April 2001, the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby revises the minimum rates of wages payable to the classes of employees in the employment in Salt Pans in the State of Tamil Nadu specified in column (1) of the Schedule below, as specified in the corresponding entries in column (2) thereof:

Classes of Employees (1)	Minimum rates of Wages (2) Rs. P.
1. Scraping	79.00 per day
2. Transporting from Crystalliser bunds to drying platform (i) Guaranteed minimum basic rates of wages (ii) Piece rate: (a) per metric tonne for a lead of 45 metres (b) per metric tonne for lead of more than 45 metres and up to 105 metres (c) For every additional lead of 60 metres over and above 105 metres	77.00 per day 11.76 7.14 7.14
3. Maramath	77.00 perday
4. Pumping Man	78.00 per day
5. Pump Attender	77.00 per day
6. Maistries	2267.00 per mensem
7. Watchman	2089.00 per mensem
8. (i) Tractor Driver (Including Krishi Tractor) (ii)Pump Mechanic (Diesel or Electrical) Salt crushing machine	2267.00 per mensem
9. Clerk	2267.00 per mensem
10. Removal, weighing, filling up of bags	78.82 per 100 bags
11.Removal, weighing, filling up of bags, stitching and transporting of salt bags (75 kilograms to 80 kilograms with a lead of 30 metres)	222.60 per 100 bags
12. General Categories (not covered under any of the above categories)	Suitable piece rate subject to a guaranteed Minimum Basic Wages of Rs.77.00 per day

Dearness Allowance:- In addition to the above minimum wages, the employees shall be paid dearness allowance as follows:-

(1) Where the nature of work is the same, no distinction in the payment of wages shall be made in the case of men and women workers.

(2) To arrive at the daily wages and dearness allowance, the monthly wages and dearness allowance shall be divided by twenty six.

(3) To arrive at the monthly wages, the daily wages shall be multiplied by thirty.

(4) Wherever the existing wages are higher than the minimum wages fixed herein, the same shall be continued to be paid.