Wages hiked

SHILLONG: The Principal Secretary to the Government of Meghalaya, Labour Department has informed that in continuation of the Department Notification No LBG 75/2012/246 dated 6.6.2016; the Governor of Meghalaya has revised the minimum wages in respect of schedule of employments from October 1, 2016.
For unskilled category, the minimum wage per day from October 1, 2016 has been fixed at Rs. 160.00 plus 24= Rs. 184.00. For semi-skilled  category, the minimum wage per day has been fixed at Rs. 170.00 plus 26= Rs. 196.00.
For skilled category, the minimum wage per day has been fixed at Rs. 180.00 plus 27= Rs. 207.00 and for highly-skilled category, the minimum wage per day has been fixed at Rs. 200.00 adding 29= Rs. 229.00.