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Objectives
- To determine the minimum wages in industry and trade where labour organisations are non-existent or ineffective.

Scope and coverage
- Applicable to all employees engaged to do any work, skilled, unskilled manual or clerical, in a scheduled employment, including out-workers.

- Fixation of minimum wages.

Main provisions
- Fixation of minimum wage of employees.

- Procedure for fixing and revising minimum wages.

- Obligation of employees.

- Rights of workers.

When to consult and refer
- At the time of fixation of salary of new/existing employees.