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Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 10:25 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 21, Colombo: The Minister of Labor Nimal Siripala de Silva has decided to give another week to reach a final decision on increasing the daily wage of estate workers to Rs. 1000 as per the 2021 budget proposals.
The Minister made this decision after a discussion with the leaders of plantation workers and representatives of the Employers’ Federation today.
The estate workers’ leaders pointed out that the daily wage of a plantation worker should be one thousand rupees. The Employers’ Federation has stated that plantation workers should pluck an extra two kilos of leaves daily.