MINIMUM WAGE WILL BE IMPOSED FOR ESTATE WORKERS
MINIMUM WAGE WILL BE IMPOSED FOR ESTATE WORKERS
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Colombo (News 1st); The Government will be compelled to impose a minimum wage for estate workers as per the provisions of the Wages Board Ordinance, if an agreement cannot be reached with respect to increasing the daily wages of estate workers to Rs.1000/-, warned Sri Lanka’s Labour Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva.
The Minister had stressed on the matter at a meeting with the chairmen and representatives of estate trade unions on Friday (15).
At the meeting, a final agreement was not reached with respect to increasing the daily wages of estate workers to Rs. 1000/-.