The Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment has issued a gazette notification allowing plantation workers to earn unlimited daily wages based on their productivity.
This gazette notification, signed by the Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Foreign Employment, R.P.A. Wimalaweera, sets the daily minimum basic salary at 1,350 rupees, with an additional payment of 50 rupees for each kilo of tea leaves picked. Workers in rubber plantation companies will also receive this additional payment for each extra kilo of rubber collected.
Accordingly, workers can earn a high daily wage without any limit based on their productivity.
The gazette also increases the minimum threshold for contributions to employees’ provident funds and employees’ trust funds for estate employees to 1,350 rupees.
This salary increase will be effective from September 10.