Kerala-Minimum-Wages-Notification-2020-Computer-Software-Industry For example, look at the latest Software industry minimum wages notification for the State of Kerala below (extracted from here). Minimum wage calculation for a role is easy. Governments revises the minimum wages when it deems that there is, inter alia, a significant increase in the cost of living over a period of time which is not manageable by a mere increase in Dearness Allowance (DA). There are roughly 80 such sectors identified for the State of Kerala and similar numbers for other states as well. For example, the minimum wages for Software sector differs from that for the Oil Mills sector. Minimum wages are defined for each sector separately. The concept of minimum wages will ensure access to equitable and justifiable pay, thereby eliminating the chances of exploitation by the management. The idea is to keep the state-level minimum wages equal to or above the national minimum wages. There is a national minimum wage declared by the central government, and various state-level minimum wages. What’s this “minimum wages”?Īs the name implies, the minimum wages is the minimum wage per month to be given to an employee of a particular sector in a state. This article discusses the concept of minimum wages, with examples pertaining to Kerala state however, the concept should be the same throughout the country. Recently, on to be exact, Government of Kerala announced the revised Minimum Wages for the Software industry in the state, after long 10 years of the earlier revision. By the way, if you are a software engineer in Kerala getting paid below this figure, it’s probably the time to send this article to your HR Manager 😉 Context I am sure your you were curious as to why the number 17,742/- for a Software Engineer when you clicked on the link to land this article.

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