Yajat Kumar

FacebookXPinterestLinkedIn Minimum rates of wages were notified by the Government of Punjab vide notification dated 1st May, 2026. What stood out in the notification was, first, that minimum wages were fixed/revised under the Code on Wages, 2019 (“CoW”, hereinafter) and second, that what was notified was the “basic minimum rates of wages”.

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FacebookXPinterestLinkedIn The wage structure in any industry is not static and cannot be treated as a fixed cost. It is dynamic and keeps on changing, more so when it is tested on the touchstone of social justice. Whenever wage disputes are adjudicated by the Judiciary, it is always referred to ever-changing socio-economic conditions from time to time vis-à-vis the contentions of the workmen and employers.