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TAMIL NADU

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

[Regd. No. TN/CCN/467/2012-14.

GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU

[R. Dis. No. 197/2009.

2018

[Price: Rs. 1.60 Paise.

No. 257]

CHENNAI, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2018

Aadi 2, Vilambi, Thiruvalluvar Aandu-2049

Part II—Section 2

Notiﬁ cations 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, Ý® 2, M÷‹H,

F¼õœÀõ˜ Ý‡´-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.

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TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

THE SCHEDULE.

Employment in Domestic Work.

Classiﬁ cation of category of Employees.

(1)

Minimum rates of Basic Wages.

(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

educational qualiﬁ cation

or training)

1170

8051

8856

2. Semi Skilled:

(a) Cooking

1140

7823

8605

(b) Gardener

included in unskilled category

3. Unskilled:

(a) Washing Clothes

1110

7595

8355

(b) Washing Utensils

(d) Child care/taking children to

school and back

(e) Aged care/care of the sick /care

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

qualiﬁ cation or training)

1050

7246

7971

2. Semi Skilled:

(a) Cooking

1020

7041

7745

(b) Gardener

included in unskilled category

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

Classiﬁ cation of category of Employees.

(1)

Minimum rates of Basic Wages.

(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

990

6836

7520

(b) Washing Utensils

(d) Child care/taking children to

school and back

(e) Aged care/care of the sick/care

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:

Home Nurse

(acquired necessary educational

qualiﬁ cation or training)

990

6843

7527

2. Semi Skilled:

(a) Cooking

960

6650

7315

(b) Gardener

included in unskilled category

3. Unskilled:

(a) Washing Clothes

930

6456

7102

(b) Washing Utensils

(d) Child care/taking children to school

and back

(e) Aged care/care of the sick/care of

differently abled

(f) Cooking assistance

(g) Other Miscellaneous domestic

works

(h) Doing more than one tasks included

in unskilled category

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.

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE DIRECTOR OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI

ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU