The Hon. V.S. Radhakrishnan

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Nuwara - Eliya· 22 July 2025 ·Debate: Debate: National Minimum Wage of Workers and Budgetary Relief Allowance Bills (Second and Third Readings)

Employment

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Hon. V.S. Radhakrishnan proposed an amendment to insert a new clause specifying that plantation workers’ minimum wage should be Rs. 1,700 per day or an equivalent monthly salary. The amendment was moved in the context of the Bill’s provisions on minimum wages.

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¶ 01 Sir, I move the following Amendment: “In page 1, insert new clause after Clause 2(1): ‘(2) However, with regard to the wages of plantation workers, the minimum wage mentioned in the above amendment should be one thousand and seven hundred rupees per day or an equivalent monthly salary.’”

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Source: Hansard, Tuesday, 22 July 2025 ·No. 1753443916033328 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. V.S. Radhakrishnan. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 July 2025. No. 1753443916033328. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13824