Minimum Wages - Vertically Integrated Setup

what co. is manufacturing and in which state?

Mr.Saravana Rajan,

Section 3 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 explains about the "Fixing of Minimum RATES of wages". It provides that the appropriate govt. shall fix the minimum rates of wages payable to employees employed in an employement specified in Part - I or Part-II of the Schedule of the act. Besides these establishment/employements, the appropriate govt. State or Central Govt. may add any other employements under the purview of this act. Section 27 empowers to do so. Section 2 (g) defines " Scheduled employement".  "Sceduled Employement means an employement specified in the Schedule, or any process or branch of work forming part of such employment.

THE SCHEDULE (see section 2(g) and 27)

The establishment would be a factory. All other departments  performing adminsitrative functions etc. shall also be classified as a factory. If the workers are employed exclusively in any trade within the factory and can be differentiated then minimum wages should be paid accoriding the vocation in which the workman is employed. . As the whole set up is one factory, one license shall be required.   

Thank you for the inputs.

-Saravana Rajan