The Gazette announcement related to increasing the daily wage of plantation workers up to 1,700 rupees, is Issued with the signature of the Chairman of the wage Control Board H. K. K. A. Jayasundara.
Accordingly, it states that the daily salary of a tea plantation worker is 1,350 and the said salary should be subject to employee provident fund and employee trust fund payments.
Apart from that, an amount of 350 rupees should be paid as an incentive based on productivity, the gazette notice states.
Also, the daily wage of rubber estate workers should be increased to 1,700 rupees, according to the relevant gazette notice.