Consolidated Health Workers seek implementation of ‘Minimum Wages Act’
Srinagar: The consolidated Health Workers staged a protest in Srinagar on Monday against the government for not implementing the Minimum Wages Act in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Scores of health workers from district Kulgam under the banner of Consolidated Health Workers Association assembled at Press Enclave in Srinagar demanding payment as per the Minimum Wages Act approved by the J&K government in 2018.
The protesting workers said that the Health department had a maximum number of sweepers, helpers and drivers who risked their lives every day while dealing with the patients.
They said that as per the Minimum Wages Act, the workers must be paid Rs 6700 per month but the workers were ignored despite serving the department for 20 years.
“The health workers, drivers and sweepers considered the weaker section of the society are being paid Rs 100 to Rs 500 per month which is a clear violation of the Act,” they said.
The protestors said that the government exposes and seizes private institutions violating such laws but does nothing when it comes to its own violations of rules and regulations.
They appealed the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and the health authorities to take the matter into consideration and implement the Minimum Wages Act by paying Rs 6700 to the consolidated workers. (KNT)
