Wages is what workers get in return for their labour for the employer. Indian law governing the employer-employee relationship has laid down the minimum wage that has to be paid to workers by the employer for various different types of work. This law is called the Minimum Wages Act. According to it, irrespective of what the employer wants to pay, he has to pay at least the amount of wages that the government has fixed. He is free to pay more and if he is already paying more for a particular work he has to continue to pay that higher amount.
The government has interfered in this issue between the employer and employee because in several cases workers are too poor to obtain a decent wage from employers and have to take what is given. It is to protect these kind of weak and vulnerable workers that government has come in between and made minimum wage rules which the employer has to obey. As to how much that minimum wage should be, the highest court in India the Supreme Court has said that the wage should be more than what is necessary for physical existence of the worker and his or her family means . It should be enough to maintain his or her efficiency as a worker.In case of non-payment, applications should be made to the Labour Commissioner of Payment of Wages Act.
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