Karnataka HC grants additional compensation to road accident victim who suffered neurological disabilities
Justice CM Joshi relied upon the Apex Court rulings to contemplate under the Minimum Wages Act to as notional income clubbed with future prospects while determining the multiplicand for compensation calculations.
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Deccan Herald
a day ago
- Deccan Herald
Karnataka HC grants additional compensation to road accident victim who suffered neurological disabilities
Justice CM Joshi relied upon the Apex Court rulings to contemplate under the Minimum Wages Act to as notional income clubbed with future prospects while determining the multiplicand for compensation calculations.
The Hindu
a day ago
- The Hindu
AITUC urges Erode Corporation to implement revised minimum wages for SHGs and contract workers
The Erode District Local Bodies Workers' Association, affiliated with the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), has urged the Corporation to implement the revised minimum wages for self-help group (SHG) and contract workers employed in various civic departments. In a representation to Corporation Commissioner Arpit Jain, association president S. Chinnasamy cited government orders and court rulings, including the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, and a Madras High Court directive mandating minimum wage payments to all local body workers. The association noted that over 1,500 daily wage workers are engaged under SHGs and contract roles across services such as sanitation, water supply, and street light maintenance. Despite multiple appeals, the revised minimum wages for 2024–2025 have not been implemented, it said. Mr. Chinnasamy stated that for April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, the prescribed daily wages was ₹754 for sanitation workers, water supply staff, and domestic breeding checkers (DBC), and ₹792 for drivers, as per official communications from the Tamil Nadu Labour Department and the Erode District Collector. For 2025–2026, effective April 1, the updated daily wages should be ₹761 for sanitation, water supply, and DBC staff, and ₹799 for drivers, based on a March 3, 2025, Labour Department letter. However, the Corporation continues to pay only ₹724 per day, the 2023–2024 rate, resulting in a wage loss of at least ₹37 per worker per day. Calling the non-compliance both unlawful and in contempt of court, the association demanded immediate payment of arrears along with the June 2025 salary. It also urged the Corporation to extend Employees' State Insurance coverage to all temporary workers, issue ID cards through the Sanitation Workers Welfare Board, ensure access to welfare benefits, and supply safety gear and tools. The representation warned that failure to act amounts to denying basic legal entitlements to some of the Corporation's most essential and underpaid workers.
The Hindu
20-06-2025
- The Hindu
3.5 lakh plantation workers still receive only ₹2 per day as DA
As many as 3.5 lakh permanent plantation workers in the State are not receiving adequate Dearness Allowance (DA), according to a Right to Information (RTI) response. The response was given to an RTI petition filed by Karim Ibrahim from Munnar, a plantation worker. According to the reply, there were 87 sections of workers included in the Minimum Wages Act, and only the plantation sector workers were receiving inadequate DA. The plantation workers are supposed to receive ₹87.40 per day as DA. 'However, now the plantation workers are receiving only ₹2 per day as DA whereas the average DA for the other 86 sectors is ₹87.40 per day,' said Mr. Ibrahim. 'For the past 50 years, the DA has not increased for the plantation sector,' he added. To President According to officials, the 3.5 lakh permanent workers from tea, coffee, cardamom, and rubber plantations are part of the plantation sector. 'We submitted a memorandum to the President of India demanding action to increase the DA, who then directed the State government to take steps for this. Based on the direction, the Labour Commissioner as well as the Minimum Wages Advisory Board recommended to raise the DA. However, the Plantation Labour Committee (PLC) meeting on May 15, 2024, decided against this,' he said. 'The PLC is not a statutory committee to make such a decision,' added Mr. Ibrahim. According to workers, the PLC is the final body to make a decision regarding the DA for the plantation sector. 'Representatives of government, Labour Commissioners, trade union leaders, and plantation owners were included in the PLC committee. However, even the trade unions did not advocate for DA raise for the plantation workers,' he said. Price index Sources said that the Economics and Statistics department calculates the DA for plantation workers using a price index. The documents secured from the State Statistics department showed that the basic point based on which the plantation workers' DA is calculated increased from 400 to 3,659 points in the past three decades. However, this was not reflected in the DA, according to sources. High Range Plantation Employees Union (INTUC) president Cyriac Thomas said that in every meeting, the INTUC demanded for a DA raise for the plantation workers in the State. 'We will continue the demand in the next PLC meeting as well,' said Mr. Thomas. The plantation workers are planning to move the Kerala High Court regarding the issue.
