Senior minister for education and parliamentary affairs, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, while briefing the House on the Sindh Minimum Wages Bill, 2015 said, “Minimum wages means minimum rate of remuneration announced, declared, adopted and notified by the government from time to time which shall include basic pay and statutory allowances, etc.”
The provincial government has announced Rs13,000 minimum salary for fiscal year 2015-16.
Khuhro said after the 18th Amendment, the provincial governments have to make this law to notify the minimum wage in the province.
According to the law, there will be a minimum wage board consisting of chairperson and one member each to represent employers, workers, employers connected with industry or trade and workers engaged in such an industry and trade. The chairperson and members will be appointed by the government.
“The labour minister can be the chairperson of this board,” suggested the senior minister. The law further states that the board may recommend minimum rates of wages for all classes of workers including skilled and unskilled for time work, piece work, over time and work on a weekly day of rest and for paid holidays.
