Statutory minimum wage

Suo motu action by the Supreme Court under Art. 184(3) of the Constitution regarding salary/stipend of Industrial Home Teachers

Statutory minimum wage

Scope

Teachers imparting vocational training to students in Industrial Homes provided monthly stipend/salary of Rs. 500 by the Provincial Government, which was less than the statutory minimum wage paid to an unskilled labourer/worker

Supreme Court observed that exploitation was strictly prohibited under Art. 3 of the Constitution; that in the present case Arts. 3 and 9 of the Constitution were not being complied with as it appeared that Provincial Government was releasing about Rs. 500 per month for each teacher to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), who allegedly after adding some more amount to the same, made payment of salaries to the teachers in question; that under the statutory provision even an unskilled labourer was paid a minimum wage of Rs.8,000 per month, thus teachers in question, who were trained and were deputed to teach students, deserved more than the statutory minimum wage, and that monthly stipend/salary of teachers in question was fixed in the year 1991 and thereafter no steps were taken to revise the scale of payment

Supreme Court directed the concerned Provincial Secretary to appear in Court and explain as to why from the year 1991 onwards the amount of Rs. 500 had not been increased to a reasonable extent, despite the fact that recommendations to do the same had already been made, and to assist the Court in the matter of registration of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and the financial assistance, if any, which was being extended to them by the Provincial Government.

Suo motu action by the Supreme Court under Art.184(3) of the Constitution regarding salary/stipend of Industrial Home Teachers

Statutory minimum wage

Scope

Teachers imparting vocational training to students in Industrial Homes provided monthly stipend/salary of Rs.500 by the Provincial Government, which was less than the statutory minimum wage paid to an unskilled labourer/worker

Supreme Court observed that exploitation was strictly prohibited under Art.3 of the Constitution; that in the present case Arts.3 & 9 of the Constitution were not being complied with as it appeared that Provincial Government was releasing about Rs.500 per month for each teacher to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), who allegedly after adding some more amount to the same, made payment of salaries to the teachers in question; that under the statutory provision even an unskilled labourer was paid a minimum wage of Rs.8,000 per month, thus teachers in question, who were trained and were deputed to teach students, deserved more than the statutory minimum wage, and that monthly stipend/salary of teachers in question was fixed in the year 1991 and thereafter no steps were taken to revise the scale of payment

Supreme Court directed the concerned Provincial Secretary to appear in Court and explain as to why from the year 1991 onwards the amount of Rs.500 had not been increased to a reasonable extent, despite the fact that recommendations to do the same had already been made, and to assist the Court in the matter of registration of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and the financial assistance, if any, which was being extended to them by the Provincial Government.