Daily Times
July 30, 2021
KCCI-karachi-chamber-of-commerce-IndustryTrade bodies including the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) have rejected the Sindh government’s move to increase minimum wages by 43 percent and called it an unconstitutional step with negative consequences.
The KCCI issued a statement here and said industries of Sindh particularly of Karachi were highly aggrieved and perturbed by the Sindh government’s move to increase the minimum wage from Rs17,500 to Rs25,000 without following due process of law and contrary to the provisions of Sindh Minimum Wage Act 2015 and ILO’s minimum wages fixation convention 1970.
The increase in the minimum wage would make industries of Sindh uncompetitive and unviable to operate, not locally but also globally, it stated, adding that minimum wage in the centre and Punjab was Rs20,000 while in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan it was Rs21,000 and the minimum wages fixed by Sindh were not equitable to the empl
Sindh industries challenge minimum wage hike to Rs25,000
July 29, 2021
KARACHI: Sindh industries, especially from Karachi, have stood up against the provincial government’s decision to increase minimum wage from Rs17,500 to Rs25,000, warning of mass closures due to cost spikes, a statement said on Wednesday.
“The decision has been taken without following the laws in place and does not conform to the provisions of provincial wage act and ILO’s (International Labour Organization) minimum wages fixation convention 1970,” said a joint statement issued by the trade bodies of the province.
“This move has deprived the industries of Sindh from level-playing field not only locally but also globally, making them uncompetitive and unviable to operate because of a high cost of manufacturing as wage is its major component.”