The Wages Board has decided to provide the Rs. 1700 daily minimum wage for an estate worker from the tea and rubber industries of Sri Lanka.
According to former minister of Labour Manusha Nanayakkara, the Wages Board took the decision today to increase the daily minimum wage for an estate worker.
Former minister Nanayakkara said in a post on social media that the decision was taken during a discussion of the Wages Board in charge of the Estate Sector held at the Labour Department.
The previous decision by the government to increase the daily minimum wage of an estate worker to Rs. 1700 was opposed by several plantation companies, claiming they were unable to provide such pay.
The move by the government to issue a Gazette notification on the increased minimum daily wage was challenged in the Supreme Court.
The court ordered the Gazette to be cancelled and for the minimum daily wage to be paid by the Wages Board.
Accordingly, the Wages Board during a meeting held today has agreed to increase the daily minimum wage for an estate worker to Rs. 1700. (Newswire)