CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: – Section 3(1)(a) of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, required minimum wages to be fixed before the 31st December, 1954. It has not been possible to fix rates of wages before that date in respect of certain employments, particularly employments in agriculture.

Detailed explanation-2: -Objectives Of The Minimum Wages Act To ensure a secure and adequate living wage for all laborers in the interest of the public. To ensure that the employee has enough to provide for his family. Ensuring a decent life standard that pertains to the social comfort of the employee.

Detailed explanation-3: – (1) Every person responsible for the payment of wages under section 3 shall fix periods (in this Act referred to as wage-period) in respect of which such wages shall be payable. (2) No wage-period shall exceed one month. 1 Subs. by Act 38 of 1982, sec.

Detailed explanation-4: -The government under the minimum wages act, 1948 has made it mandatory to provide the workers working in a factory with minimum wages. Therefore the section 3 of this act states the Fixation Of Minimum Rates Of Wages [Section 3(1) (A)]. This will help the employees to get their hard-work paid appropriately.