Notification-Draft Recommendations Regarding Fixation Of Minimum Rates Of Wages Of Domestic Workers Employed In All Households In The Punjab Province

GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB
MINIMUM WAGES BOARD
62-D NEW MUSLIM TOWN LAHORE

NOTIFICATION

Dated 5^th July. 2024

No. MWB/58(VI)/2024: The following draft recommendations which the Minimum Wages Board proposes to renew under section 16 of the Punjab Domestic Workers Act, 2019 m respect of domestic workers employed in all households in the Punjab Province are hereby published as requital under rule 14 (1) of the Minimum Wages Rules, 1962 for information of persons likely to be affected by it. Notice is hereby given that the proposed rates together with objections and suggestions with respect thereto, may be received to the Secretary, Minimum Wages Bond Punjab, Lahore, within a period of thirty days from the date of publication of this notification in the official Gazette, which shall be taken into consideration by the said Board under Rule 14 (2) of Rules ibid. Any objection or suggestion received after the expiry of the prescribed period will not be considered /entertained:

DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING FIXATION OF MINIMUM RATES OF WAGES OF DOMESTIC WORKERS EMPLOYED IN ALL HOUSEHOLDS IN THE PUNJAB PROVINCE

1. These recommendations shall apply to all households located in the Punjab Province under Section 16 of Punjab Domenic Workers Act 2019. The minimum rates of wages being proposed for domestic workers shall be applicable uniformly throughout the Province.
2. These recommendations shall be applicable as per provisions of the Punjab Domestic Workers Act, 2019 and shall come into force w.e.f. 01.07.2024 after their approval and notification by Government of the Punjab under section 17 of the said Act.
3. As per provisions of Rule 15 of the Rules ibid, for work of equal value, a female works of the category shall get the same minimum wages as allowed to a male worker of the category for such work.
4. The daily / weekly working hours and conditions of-overtime work and work on weekly days of rest and on paid holidays, etc, in respect of the domestic worker of the given category shall be regulated by the Punjab Domestic Workers Act, 2019 and other relevant Labour laws.
5. The following deductions shall be allowed to the employers for providing housing accommodation and transport to the workers employed by them:-

a)  For providing housing accommodation             @Rs. 459.03/-. per month

b)  For providing transport                                            @Rs 98.28/-. per month

VI. The schedule of proposed minimum rate of wages is appended below.-

SCHEDULE

Sr. No.	Category of Workers	Proposed minimum rates of wages
		Per Hour	Per day (for 8 working bows)	Per month (for 26 working days)
1.	Domestic Workers employed in all household of Punjab Province.	Rs.177.88	Rs. 1423.07/-	Rs. 37,000/-

BY ORDER OF THE MINIMUM WAGES BOARD, PUNJAB

SECRETARY
Minimum Wages Board, Punjab