The Delhi high court by its Judgement on 4th August 2018 has quashed the Notifications issued by Delhi Government bearing no. F-13(16)/MW/1/2008/Lab/ 1859 dated 15th September, 2016 constituting the Minimum Wages Advisory Committee for all scheduled employments and the Notification bearing no. F.Addl.LC/Lab/MW/2016 dated 3rd of March 2017 revising minimum rates of wages for all classes of workmen/employees in all scheduled employments. Hence employers are not bound or have to compulsorily pay the Minimum wages as per the aforementioned notification and those employers who have not effected the revision and are paying above the Minimum wages notified prior to the March 3, 2017 are fully compliant. And in further directions issued by the Delhi High Court on this Judgement has stated that those Employers who have already complied with the Minimum Wages as notified on 3rd of March 2017 cannot recover the wages from employees to whom it has been paid. The employers who had revised the wages to comply with the Minimum Wages as per the quashed notification cannot automatically revert back to then existing wages, because the wages is part of employment contract that cannot be significantly altered just for the reason that Minimum wages notification has been quashed and any reduction in the wages of the employees may have implications on other statutes as well. And when an employer is providing better benefits than statutory requirements, then that cannot changed just for the reason of the fact that statute provided for a lesser benefit. It is advisable for the Employers to await further action by the Delhi Government, whether they would prefer an appeal against this Judgment or reconstitute the Minimum Wages advisory committee and try to follow the process that overcomes all the issues mentioned ...

The Government of Maharashtra has released revised minimum rates of wages (variable dearness allowance) effective from 1st July 2018 which will be valid till 31st December 2018.

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The Ministry of Labour and Employment, Govt. of India, has launched Online Registration/Licensing under Contract Labour (Regulation And Abolition) Act,1970, Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation Of Employment And Conditions Of Service) Act, 1979 and The Building And Other Construction Workers (Regulation Of Employment And Conditions Of Service Act, 1996 through Shram Suvidha Portal. Therefore, all Principle employers/Contractors are hereby requested to apply for Registration/Licenses under above applicable acts Online only through Shram Suvidha portal. 

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