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Time of India
02-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Notice to govt on wage revision plea
Bengaluru: The high court ordered notice to the govt in response to a petition challenging the notifications issued by the labour department in April, proposing to revise in 80 scheduled employments. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde directed the govt to reply to the petition filed by Nanjappa Hospitals, Shivamogga. The judge recorded the govt advocate's submission that no further action would be taken unless a meeting is held and representatives of the industry concerned are heard. If the notification is sought to be implemented, petitioners are at liberty to move this court to seek appropriate relief, the judge added. The petitioner claimed the steep increase proposed in minimum wages would deal a crippling blow to business as a whole and to employers. According to the petitioner, rates of minimum wages in respect of 34 scheduled employments were revised during 2022-23. The govt is proposing to fix uniform wages irrespective of industry and region, which is contrary to Minimum Wages Act, 1948.
The Hindu
02-07-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
No further action of minimum wage revision till discussions held with industries, government assures Karnataka High Court
The State government has promised the High Court of Karnataka that no further action would be taken on the proposed draft notifications, issued in April 2025, for revision of minimum wages across 80 scheduled employments, unless meetings/discussions are held with representatives of the industry concerned. An undertaking in this regard was given by the government advocate before a Bench of Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde on June 30, during the hearing on a petition filed by Nanjappa Hospitals, Shivamogga-Davangere. The petitioner-hospitals have questioned the April 11 and 19 notifications issued by the Labour Department proposing revision of minimum wages. However, the court said that the petitioners are at liberty to move the court to seek appropriate relief if the notifications are sought to be implemented during the pendency of the petition. It was argued on behalf of the petitioners that the proposal to fix uniform wages irrespective of the industry and irrespective of the region is contrary to the object of Minimum Wages Act, 1948 while pointing out that the government is yet to convene a meeting with the industries to discuss the proposal even though the petitioners have already filed their objections to the proposed revision. Meanwhile, the Karnataka Employers' Association has claimed that the steep increase proposed in the minimum wages would deal a crippling blow to the business as a whole and to the employers as rates proposed in the draft notifications are 40% to 60% higher than the previous hike and thereby making these rates highest in the country.
