"Notification" 22 April 2022

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DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING FIXATION OF MINIUM RATES OF WAGES OF UNSKILLED ADULT & ADOLESCENT WORKERS EMPLOYED IN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE PUNJAB PROVINCE

I. These recommendations shall apply to all industrial undertakings of any sort located in the Punjab Province under Section 4 of Punjab Minimum Wages Act 2019. The minimum rates of wages being proposed for unskilled adult & adolescent workers shall be applicable uniformly throughout the Province.

II. These recommendations shall be applicable as per provisions of the Punjab Wages Act, 2019...and shall come into force on 1st April 2022 after their approval and notification by Government of the Punjab under section 6 of said Act.

III. As per provisions of Rule 15 of the West Pakistan Minimum Wages Rules, 1962...a female worker of the category shall get the same minimum wages as allowed to a male worker of the category for such work.

IV. The daily/weekly working hours and conditions of overtime work and work on weekly days of rest and on paid holidays, etc. in respect of the unskilled adult & adolescent workers of the given category shall be regulated by the Factories Act, 1934...Payment of Wages Act, 1936...and other relevant Labour Laws.

V. The minimum rates of wages of other categories of workers (skilled and semi-skilled employed in any industry shall in no case be less than the minimum rate of wages, now, proposed for unskilled adult & adolescent workers in the Punjab Province.

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