Question

Why is not paying minimum wages considered a violation of fundamental rights

Answer 1

Not paying minimum wages is a violation of Fundamental Rights because not paying minimum wages amounts to BEGAAR or forced labour ,which is a violation of Rights against Exploitation.

Answer 2

Where an employee, whose minimum rate of wages is fixed under this Act by the hour, by the day or by such a longer wage-period as may be prescribed, works on any day in excess of the number of hours constituting a normal working day, the employer shall pay him for every hour or for part of an hour so worked in ...