A Gazette notification has been issued cancelling the Gazette that was previously issued increasing the daily minimum wage of an estate worker from the tea and rubber industries to Rs. 1700.
The new Gazette notification, issued by the Ministry of Labour, directs the payments to be made through the Wages Board.
As per the previous Gazette issued in May this year, the minimum daily wage of a plantation worker was set at Rs. 1,350, together with an allowance of Rs. 300 and another allowance of Rs. 80.
However, in July, the move was challenged in court by 21 plantation companies, including Agarapatana Plantations Ltd., seeking a writ order invalidating the Gazette notification.
Following this, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka had also issued an interim injunction preventing the implementation of the Gazette on increasing the daily minimum wage of Estate Sector workers. (Newswire)