New Minimum Wage Rates Announced for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Workers: Effective July 1, 2023-Notification

Peshawar Dated, the 21^st September, 2023

NOTIFICATION

No.SOL/LD/8-4/2023/MWB/5264-78: In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minimum Wages Act, 2013 (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Act No. XII of 2013), read with section 4 and sub-section (2) of section 5 thereof, and by revising the previously notified minimum wages, the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on the recommendations of the Minimum Wages Board, is pleased to declare the minimum rates of wages, as mentioned in Column No. 2 of the Table below, in respect of workers, as mentioned in Column No. 1 thereof, with effect from 1^st July, 2023:

Table

Category of Workers	Minimum Rates of Wages
1	2
Adult,    unskilled,    juvenile    and adolescent   workers   employed   in industrial     establishments                     and commercial establishments, whether registered or unregistered located in the       Province      of            Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.	(a)	(b)
	Per day [for eight (08) hours of work]	Per month [twenty  six (26) working days]
	Rs. 1230.77/- (rupees one thousand two   hundred   thirty and    seventy-seven paisas only)	Rs. 32,000/- (rupees thirty two thousand only)

2.The minimum wages shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a) the employers in all industrial establishments and commercial establishments shall pay to their workers the wages at the rate not less than minimum wages as mentioned in the Table above;

(b)       the minimum wages shall not be considered as maximum rates and any existing wages higher than the minimum wages mentioned in the Table above shall not be reduced. However, the employers shall be at liberty to pay higher wages either unilaterally on their own initiative or by collective agreement in view of any special consideration including higher grade, skill, experience and higher cost of living in a particular locality or other reason;

(c)        the minimum wages for other categories of workers shall, in no case, be less than the minimum wages fixed herein;

(d)       the employers shall revise, where necessary, the rate of remuneration for piece-rate  workers  so  as  to  ensure  that  workers  in  such  piece-rated
occupations are enabled by working eight (08) hours a day and twenty six (26) days in each month, as the case may be, to receive wages not less than the minimum wages mentioned in the Table above;

 (e)       the minimum wages shall be applicable to time rated workers including temporary workers, piece-rated workers and workers engaged on contract basis as per sub-section (2) of section 5 of the Act ibid;

(f)        the workers shall continue to enjoy such facilities as house rent allowance or free house, electricity, water, conveyance, free medical aid, gratuity, bonus, pension, any form of insurance, provident fund, recreation, subsidized food, education, holidays and leave with pay, attendance allowance, and any other benefit already provided by the employer;

(g)       no  variable  or  incentive  allowance            (non-statutory)  or  value  of  welfare facilities as mentioned in preceding clause shall be adjusted against the minimum wages;

(h)       the daily/weekly working hours, conditions of overtime, work on weekly holidays or rest and on paid holidays etc, shall be regulated by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Factories Act, 2013, Act ibid  and other relevant labour laws for the time being in force;

(i)        the provisions of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Factories Act, 2013 and other labour laws for the time being in force shall be applicable generally but more particularly with regard to the daily/weekly working hours, conditions of overtime work, work on day of rest and other similar matters;

(j)        the wages of apprentices shall be regulated in accordance with the provisions of the Apprenticeship Ordinance, 1962; and

(k)       female and trans gender workers shall get the same minimum wages as male workers receive for work of equal value.

Secretary to Government of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Labour Department