Highly skilled workers to receive Rs55,626 monthly as board revises wages across categories
KARACHI: The Sindh Minimum Wage Board has unanimously approved revised minimum wage rates for workers across different skill categories, setting the highest monthly wage at Rs55,626 for highly skilled employees.
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PIDE proposes hybrid wage-setting model linked to productivity, affordability and worker welfare
The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) on Tuesday proposed raising the national minimum wage to Rs45,000 per month for fiscal year 2026-27 under a new evidence-based framework designed to reform wage determination and strengthen labour market governance.
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Lahore, September 6, 2024 – The Punjab government on Friday officially announced an increase in the minimum wage for laborers, setting it at Rs 37,000 per month. The new wage structure will be implemented retroactively, effective from July 1, 2024.
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In a significant development, the Sindh Government’s decision to unilaterally increase the minimum wage from Rs17,500 to Rs25,000 has stirred discontent and alarm within the industrial sector, particularly in Karachi.
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ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday presented budget 2021/2022 and announced increase in monthly minimum wage to Rs20,000 from Rs17,500.
Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin while presenting the budget on floor of the house, announced to increase the minimum wage to Rs20,000 to reduce the burden on lower income group of rising prices.
The minister also announced increase in pay and pension by 10 percent effective from July 01, 2021.
He said that the government was aware of high prices and difficulties faced by the lower income group. He said that last year the government had taken austerity measures and due to this increase in salary and pension was not granted.
He said that the economy had improved now and the government decided to increase the salary and pension by 10 percent.
He said that from July 01, 2021 all employees of federal government would get adhoc relief of 10 percent. Similarly, pensioners would get increase of 10 percent in their pension from July 01, 2021.
The government decided to increase integrated allowance for Grade 1 to Grade 5 employees of federal government from Rs450 to Rs900.
KARACHI: Sindh government has fixed minimum wage for unskilled laborers at Rs17,500, a statement said on Wednesday.
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