KHR/2023/28/LVD/10/2022/18/M2
Gujarat minimum wages — basic rates a day for the 46 scheduled employments from 01.04.2023 under section 3(1)(b) of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, No.KHR/2023/28/LVD/10/2022/18/M2 dated 27.03.2023
- Notification number
- KHR/2023/28/LVD/10/2022/18/M2
- Issued for
- Gujarat
- Date
- 27 March 2023
- Topic
- Minimum wages
What it says
Labour, Skill Development and Employment Department notification revising the minimum wages for the whole State from 1 April 2023, superseding the notification of 26 December 2014. Basic rates a day by class and zone: skilled ₹474 / ₹462, semi-skilled ₹462 / ₹452 and un-skilled ₹452 / ₹441 in Zone I / Zone II. A special allowance on top is adjusted every 1 April and 1 October against cost of living index 7270, at ₹0.20 a day for every five points.
What was taken from it
The figures and statements this desk reads off this document, as extracted. Each one is shown on the topic page it belongs to: Minimum wages · Gujarat.
- Allowance.Rule
- A special allowance is paid in addition to the basic rate, adjusted every 1 April and 1 October: ₹0.20 a day (₹5.20 a month) for every five points the cost of living index rises above 7270, and the same reduction for every five points it falls, so long as it is not below 7270.
- Apprentices
- An apprentice on skilled or semi-skilled work is paid 75% of the rate and allowance for the first three months, and in full after that.
- Contractors
- Employees of a contractor or other agency are paid no less than the wages plus special allowance for the category they belong to.
- Equal Pay
- Male, female and transgender employees are paid equally for equal work.
- Part Time
- A part-time employee working up to four hours gets 50% of the wages plus special allowance; more than four hours, the full amount.
- Perquisites
- Perquisites or facilities already given are not withdrawn, and no deduction is made for them.
- Piece Rate
- For a piece-rated employee the rate is fixed so that wages plus the special allowance for a normal working day are not less than the daily rate for the class.
- Semi.Day · 2
- 452
- Semi.Day
- 462
- Semi.Day
- 452
- Semi.Day · 1
- 462
- Shops Entry
- Entry 43 of the annexure covers employments in any shop or commercial establishment not covered by another entry; entry 33 covers residential hotels, restaurants and eating houses under the Gujarat Shops and Establishments Act, 2019.
- Skilled.Day · 1
- 474
- Skilled.Day
- 462
- Skilled.Day
- 474
- Skilled.Day · 2
- 462
- Unskilled.Day · 2
- 441
- Unskilled.Day · 1
- 452
- Unskilled.Day
- 441
- Unskilled.Day
- 452
- Zones.Definition
- Zone I is the area within municipal corporations, municipalities, urban development authorities and nagar palikas; Zone II is all other areas of the State. University, agricultural university and cantonment areas are paid the nearest zone's rates.