Effect of minimum wages act in private sector with special reference to unaided schools in kerala
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Labour Minister Shibu Baby John told the Assembly on Thursday that the government had drafted a law mandating minimum wages for teachers in unaided schools.
Replying to the debate on the demands for grants for Labour, Labour Welfare and Welfare of Non-residents, the Minister said the wages and service conditions of these teachers were pitiable. However, the Labour Department could not intervene because the Industrial Disputes Act and other labour laws did not apply to them. The proposed law would address the problem.
The department has also prepared a draft for a law to ensure welfare of migrant workers. It proposes to make enrolment of the workers in the labour welfare fund mandatory by the employers. Though the government had formed a welfare fund for the workers, many were not remitting contributions for want of awareness. The department had issued stop memos where camps for migrant construction labourers failed to maintain standards.
Mr. John said that the department had published the draft Bill for protection of sales persons employed by textile shops. It had examined the working conditions of employees of about 2,000 shops and detected violations of law.
He said that minimum wages for all categories of workers would be revised in a time-bound manner. If revision was delayed, the new rates would be given retrospective effect.
The government had taken steps for merger of welfare fund boards to reduce administrative costs. Many welfare funds did not have enough funds for providing the benefits to workers in future. Duplicate memberships were a bane of several boards.
He said that virtual classes would be started for skill development of workers. After the Minister’s reply, the House passed the demand for grants amounting to Rs. 671.54 crore.
Replying to the debate on the demands for grants for Labour, Labour Welfare and Welfare of Non-residents, the Minister said the wages and service conditions of these teachers were pitiable. However, the Labour Department could not intervene because the Industrial Disputes Act and other labour laws did not apply to them. The proposed law would address the problem.
The department has also prepared a draft for a law to ensure welfare of migrant workers. It proposes to make enrolment of the workers in the labour welfare fund mandatory by the employers. Though the government had formed a welfare fund for the workers, many were not remitting contributions for want of awareness. The department had issued stop memos where camps for migrant construction labourers failed to maintain standards.
Mr. John said that the department had published the draft Bill for protection of sales persons employed by textile shops. It had examined the working conditions of employees of about 2,000 shops and detected violations of law.
He said that minimum wages for all categories of workers would be revised in a time-bound manner. If revision was delayed, the new rates would be given retrospective effect.
The government had taken steps for merger of welfare fund boards to reduce administrative costs. Many welfare funds did not have enough funds for providing the benefits to workers in future. Duplicate memberships were a bane of several boards.
He said that virtual classes would be started for skill development of workers. After the Minister’s reply, the House passed the demand for grants amounting to Rs. 671.54 crore.
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