Outsourced workers of Health Department stage protest in Hassan demanding implementation of revised minimum wage
Outsourced Health Department workers in Hassan protested against the government's decision to withdraw a previously announced minimum wage revision. The workers argue that the reversal is a betrayal of their long-standing demand for fair compensation.
Why it matters
Labor disputes involving outsourced government workers underscore the challenges of wage regulation and fiscal management in the public sector.
The outsourced workers of the Health Department, from different parts of the State, gathered in Hassan on Tuesday (August 25) and staged a protest opposing the State government’s move to withdraw the revised minimum wage.
Hundreds of workers joined the protest march in the city before assembling in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office. Along the march, they raised slogans urging the government to implement the minimum wage.
The Labour Department, on May 22 this year, issued a notification revising the minimum wage, which had been a long-standing demand of the workers. In some districts, the outsourced workers were paid salaries at the revised rate. However, the Finance Department, on July 15, instructed the departments that the notification would be withdrawn.
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