To whom do the minimum wage provisions of the Code on Wages, 2019 apply?
Question and options
To whom do the minimum wage provisions of the Code on Wages, 2019 apply?
Employees in any employment and at any level of pay
Employees whose wages do not exceed a notified ceiling
Employees in the employments listed in a Schedule to the Code
Employees of establishments with ten or more workers
Answer and explanation
Section 5 of the Code on Wages, 2019 forbids any employer to pay any employee less than the notified minimum rate, so the Code covers employees in every employment and at every wage level. The old Minimum Wages Act, 1948 applied only to scheduled employments, and a wage ceiling applied under the Payment of Wages Act, 1936.
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