The Government of Punjab has officially increased the minimum wage for workers to Rs. 40,000 per month, according to a notification issued by the Labour and Human Resource Department.
The notification states that adult and adolescent workers employed in all industrial and commercial establishments across the province will now be entitled to a minimum monthly wage of Rs. 40,000 for 26 working days.
It further specifies that workers will receive Rs. 1,538.46 per day for an eight-hour shift, while the hourly wage has been fixed at Rs. 192.31.
Employers may deduct certain allowances, subject to mutual agreement with the worker, including Rs. 100 per meal for food, Rs. 1,800 per month for transport, and Rs. 2,000 per month for accommodation.
The government has clarified that if higher wages are already being paid, they cannot be reduced under this notification. Employers, however, are free to offer higher wages based on skill level, experience, or other factors.
The notification guarantees wage equality, ensuring that female workers receive the same pay as male workers for work of equal value.
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Just a question , who pays it ?
Which business follows govt rules ?
Zero implementation except on few factories. Across the Punjab even misters servants working less than 20k per month.
Govt should also share how even a person with a single wife and child can fulfil household expanses with 40k? In which country our govt living in?
Notification send kar da
This is a good step by the Provincial Government and other provinces should follow the suit. However, the present day economic and financial circumstances demand that minimum wage should be PKR 50,000.
C o r r u p t i o n
Sir hamain 25k mil rahe hai 9 hour ki
In Sialkot maximum wages is only 25,000 rupees per month, for where this is made for ?
No businessman industrialist school owner obey these orders and government knows it very well. These orders are passed just for clapping nothing else