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Kerala to revise private hospital workers' wages after failed talks, aiming for up to 60% increase.
The Kerala government will release a draft notification within a month to revise minimum wages for private hospital workers, invoking Section 5(1)(b) of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, after negotiations with management failed.
The move follows a 2023 committee’s efforts across all 14 districts that reached no consensus due to management resistance.
Current wages, based on a 2013 notification, are seen as inadequate for basic living costs.
Trade unions support a proposed 60% increase.
The draft, to be published in the official gazette, will consider input from medical professionals and ensure hospitals face no additional financial burden.
The decision was made during a meeting of the Private Hospital Industrial Relations Committee.
Kerala revisará los salarios de los trabajadores de los hospitales privados después de las negociaciones fallidas, con el objetivo de aumentarlos hasta en un 60%.