(a) whether the Government proposes to provide minimum wages for persons employed in
sheltered and supported work environments; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
(a) whether the Government proposes to provide minimum wages for persons employed in
sheltered and supported work environments; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
(SHRI OSCAR FERNANDES)
(a) & (b): Under the provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, both Central and State
Governments are appropriate Governments to notify any employment in the schedule where the
number of employees is 1000 or more and fix the rates of minimum wages in respect of the
employees employed therein under their respective jurisdictions.
“Employment of workers employed in sheltered and supported work environments†has
not been notified as a Scheduled Employment under the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 either in the
Central Sphere or State sphere. Further, we have also not received any request for inclusion
of this employment in the Central sphere.