Even a small family of five members cannot conveniently run its kitchen and bear day-to-day minimum expenditure with the revised minimum wage of Rs17,500. “The minimum wage must be fixed at Rs35,000 per month as per the predefined formula, which takes into account minimum requirements of a family,” he said. Their job is to conduct a market survey and then determine the minimum wage. Secondly, the implementation of the announced minimum wage at the factory level is a tough job. A recent survey of garment factories revealed that 85% of workers, who were skilled, were paid much lower than the minimum wage.

Source: The Express Tribune June 13, 2019 03:22 UTC