Tuesday 16 January 2018

Tamilnadu Revised Minimum Rates – Basic Wages 2018

Chennai, Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Revision of Minimum rates of wages for Employment in General Engineering and Fabrication Industry Under the Act.
[G.O (2D) No. 67, Labour and Employment (J1),13th November 2017, No. II(2)/LE/12/2018.—
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 3 and sub-section (2) of section 5 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (Central Act XI of 1948) and in supersession of the Labour and Employment Department Notification No.II(2)/LE/726/2012, published at pages 576 to 577 of Part II-Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette,dated the 31 st October 2012, the Governor of Tamil Nadu,after consultation with the Advisory Board, hereby revises the minimum rates of wages payable to the classes of employees in the Employment in General Engineering and Fabrication Industry, in the State of Tamil Nadu, specified in column (1) of the Schedule below, as specified in the corresponding entries in column (2) thereof, the draft of the same having been previously published as required by clause (b) of sub- section (1) of Section 5 of the said Act.

Minimum rate of basic wages.
1.ADMINISTRATION: ZONE-A ZONE-B (Per month)
Sl No     Class                     Minimum            Maximum
(1)          Manager             7828.00                 7641.00
(2) Assistant Manager
Minimum            Maximum
7660.00               7483.00
(3) Accountant
Minimum            Maximum
7660.00                 7483.00
(4) Cashier
Minimum            Maximum
7543.00                 7375.00
(5) Store Keeper
(6) Typist
(7) Clerk
Minimum            Maximum
7443.00                 7287.00
(8) Time-keeper
(9) Attender
Minimum            Maximum
7267.00                 7120.00
(10) Security Guard
(11) Watchman
Minimum            Maximum
6951.00                 6825.00
(12) Peon
2.SUPERVISORY: ZONE-A ZONE-B
Sl No     Class                     Minimum            Maximum
(1)          Foreman             7828.00                 7641.00
(2)           Supervisor         7660.00                 7483.00
(3) Chargeman
(4) Workshop tool keeper
Minimum            Maximum
7267.00                 7120.00
SKILLED: DAILY
Persons having experience for a period of 5 years in a particular trade or the persons who possess trade certificate including Industrial Training Institute with experience for a period of three years in a particular trade
Minimum            Maximum
278.50                   273.50
SEMI-SKILLED:
(i) All Trade Certificate holders including Industrial Training Institute (Grade-l)
Minimum            Maximum
271.00                   265.00
(ii) Persons who worked as helpers for not less than two years in a particular trade (Grade-II)
Minimum            Maximum
266.00                   262.00
Un-skilled:
Persons doing work which do not require any training
Minimum            Maximum
258.50                   255.00
Explanations.- I. Classification of Zones: Zone–A and Zone-B shall comprise of the following areas:-
Zone-A : All District Head Quarters, Corporations and Municipalities.
Zone-B : Other places
  1. (1) Dearness Allowance.- The employees shall be paid dearness allowance as indicated below:-
  2. a) The wages notified above are linked to the Average Chennai City Consumer Price Index Number for the year 2010, that is 161 points with base 2001 =100 and for any further raise of every point over and above 161 points, variable dearness allowance shall be paid at the rate of Rs.42.35 (Rupees Forty two and thirty five paise only) per month.
  3. b) The revision of dearness allowance shall thus be effective from the 1st April of every year on the basis of the average of the consumer price indices for the earlier twelve months, that is, from January to December of the previous year.
  4. c) The first calculation shall thus be effective from the date of publication of this Notification in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette based on the average Chennai city Consumer Price Index Numbers for the previous year.
(2) Where the nature of work is the same, no distinction in payment of wages shall be made in the case of men and women employees.
(3) (a) To arrive at daily wages, the monthly wages shall be divided by 26.
(b) To arrive at monthly wages, the daily wages shall be multiplied by 30.
(4) Wherever the existing wages are higher than the minimum wages fixed herein, the same shall be continued to be paid.

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