The State Government of Tamil Nadu has formed a committee to give its views on fixing the minimum wages for workers coming within the ‘other than apprentice’ category in textile mills.
The Department of Labour Welfare and Skill Development said, according to a November order, that the Government in 2007 decided to include ‘other than apprentice workers’ of textile mills under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948.
Proposals were sent to the Government in 2021 and 2022 by the Labour Secretary to create a committee to fix minimum wages for these workers. Accepting this proposal, the Government has constituted this committee.
Those ‘other than apprentice’ workers who are employed in weaving mills, open end mills, composite mills and spinning mills will come under the purview of this committee.
Headed by the Additional Labour Commissioner, Coimbatore the committee will have five officials, six representatives from employers and six representatives of the trade unions.
