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No. 257] CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2018 Aadi 2, Vilambi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2049
Part II—Section 2
Notifications or Orders of interest to a Section of the public
issued by Secretariat Departments.
NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT
FIXATION OF MINIMUM RATES OF WAGES FOR THE EMPLOYMENT IN DOMESTIC WORK UNDER THE MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948 (CENTRAL ACT XI OF 1948.)
[G.O.(2D). No.72, Labour and Employment (J1), 18th July 2018, ஆடி 2, விளம்பி, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2049.]
No. II(2)/LE/628(a)/2018
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) 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), the Governor of Tamil Nadu, after considering the advice of the Committee, appointed under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the said Act, hereby fixes the minimum rates of basic wages payable to the classes of employees employed in the Employment in Domestic Work in the State of Tamil Nadu specifi ed in column (1) of the Schedule below as specifi ed in the corresponding entries in column (2) thereof:-
2. This Notifi cation shall come into force with effect on and from the date of its publication in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary.
II-2 Ex. (257)
[ 1 ]2 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY THE SCHEDULE.
Employment in Domestic Work.
Classifi cation of category of Employees.
Minimum rates of Basic Wages.
(1)
(2)
Per Hour (Rs.)
Monthly Wages (one hour per day) (Rs.)
Monthly Wages (8 hours per day) (Rs.)
Live in Workers (Rs.) (per month) Zone-A
I Corporation Areas
1. Skilled:
Home Nurse
(acquired necessary
39 1170 8051 8856
educational qualifi cation
or training)
2. Semi Skilled:
(a) Cooking
(b) Gardener
38 1140 7823 8605
(c) Cooking and one or more tasks
included in unskilled category
3. Unskilled:
(a) Washing Clothes
(b) Washing Utensils
(c) Sweeping and Mopping the fl oor
(d) Child care/taking children to
school and back
(e) Aged care/care of the sick /care
37 1110 7595 8355
of differently abled
(f) Cooking assistance
(g) Other Miscellaneous domestic
works
(h) Doing more than one tasks included
in unskilled category
Zone – B
II Municipal Areas
1. Skilled :
Home Nurse
(acquired necessary educational
35 1050 7246 7971
qualifi cation or training)
2. Semi Skilled:
(a) Cooking
(b) Gardener
34 1020 7041 7745
TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY 3Classifi cation of category of Employees.
Minimum rates of Basic Wages.
(1)
(2)
Per Hour (Rs.)
Monthly Wages (one hour per day) (Rs.)
Monthly Wages (8 hours per day) (Rs.)
Live in Workers (Rs.) (per month) 3. Unskilled :
(a) Washing Clothes
(b) Washing Utensils
(c) Sweeping and Mopping the fl oor
(d) Child care/taking children to
school and back
(e) Aged care/care of the sick/care
33 990 6836 7520
of differently abled
(f) Cooking assistance
(g) Other Miscellaneous domestic
works
(h) Doing more than one tasks
included in unskilled category
Zone-C
III. Other Areas
1. Skilled:
33 990 6843 7527
Home Nurse (acquired necessary educational qualifi cation or training)
2. Semi Skilled:
(a) Cooking
(b) Gardener
32 960 6650 7315
(c) Cooking and one or more tasks
included in unskilled category
3. Unskilled:
(a) Washing Clothes
(b) Washing Utensils
(c) Sweeping and Mopping the fl oor
(d) Child care/taking children to school and back
31 930 6456 7102
(e) Aged care/care of the sick/care of differently abled
(f) Cooking assistance
(g) Other Miscellaneous domestic works 4 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
Explanations.-
(1) The Classifi cation of Zones shall be as follows:-
Zone-A : Shall include all Corporations;
Zone-B : Shall include all Municipalities.
Zone-C : Shall include all places other than those in Zones A and B.
(2) Dearness Allowance: In addition to the minimum rates of basic wages fi xed above, the employees shall be paid dearness allowance as indicated below:-
(i) The dearness allowance is linked to the Average Chennai City Consumer Price Index for the year 2015, that is 248 points (with base year 2001=100) and for every raise of one point over and above 248 points, an increase of Rs.26.00 (Rupees twenty six only) per month shall be paid as dearness allowance.
(ii) The dearness allowance shall be calculated on the 1st April of every year on the basis of the average of the indices for the preceding 12 (twelve) months, namely from January to December.
(iii) The fi rst calculation of the dearness allowance shall thus be effective from the date of publication of this notifi cation in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary, based on the average of Chennai City Consumer Price Index Number for the previous year.
(3) To arrive at daily wages, the monthly wages shall be divided by 26.
(4) To arrive at hourly rate of wages, the daily rate of wages shall be divided by 8.
(5) To arrive at monthly rate of wages for 1 hour per day, the hourly rate of wages shall be multiplied by 30.
(6) Where the nature of work is the same, no distinction in the payment of wages shall be made between men and women employees.
(7) Wherever the existing wages are higher than the minimum wages fi xed herein, the same shall be continued to be paid.
MANGAT RAM SHARMA,
Principal Secretary to Government.
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