National Minimum Wage Bill comes into effect

Colombo, September 11 (Daily Mirror)-  The certificate on the Bill titled National Minimum Wage of Workers (Amendment) Bill was signed by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana today in accordance with Article 79 of the Constitution.

The Second Reading debate regarding the Bill to amend the National Minimum Wage Act No. 3 of 2016 was held in Parliament on September 3. The Bill was passed without amendments and vote.

The Bill provides provisions to increase the minimum wages of private sector workers up to Rs. 17,000.