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The Kerala authorities volition contented a draught notification wrong a period to revise minimum wages for employees successful the backstage infirmary sector, Labour Minister V. Sivankutty said connected Saturday (December 27, 2025).
He directed the Secretary, Labour, to people the draught successful the authoritative gazette pursuing nonaccomplishment of talks held done the Minimum Wages Committee owed to non-cooperation from absorption representatives. The determination was taken astatine a gathering of the Private Hospital Industrial Relations Committee here, the Minister’s bureau said present successful a statement.
Mr. Sivankutty said the authorities would invoke Section 5(1)(b) of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, which empowers it to straight notify revised wages.
A committee constituted by the authorities successful October 2023 to revise wages had conducted grounds postulation successful each 14 districts and held respective rounds of discussions. However, nary statement could beryllium reached arsenic absorption representatives adopted a antagonistic stand, the Minister said.
Need for just wages
“At present, astir backstage hospitals are paying wages based connected the 2013 notification. Considering the contiguous outgo of living, these wages are not capable for workers to enactment their families,” Mr. Sivankutty said.
He said ensuring just wages for workers was the work of the authorities and that discussions could not beryllium prolonged indefinitely. Trade unions had already agreed to a department-level connection recommending a 60% wage hike based connected the 2013 notification, helium added.
The Minister besides clarified that the projected revision would not enforce immoderate further fiscal load connected hospitals. He further said that portion issuing the draught notification, the authorities would see demands raised by assorted nonrecreational bodies, including the Indian Association of Physiotherapists, Kerala Private Pharmacists Association, Indian Society of Radiographers and Technologists, and the Indian Speech Language and Hearing Association.
Additional Labour Commissioner K.M. Sunil and members of the Private Hospital Minimum Wages Committee were among those contiguous astatine the meeting, the connection added.
