The Kerala government will issue a draft notification within a month to revise minimum wages for employees in the private hospital sector, Labour Minister V. Sivankutty said on Saturday (December 27, 2025).
He directed the Secretary, Labour, to publish the draft in the official gazette following failure of talks held through the Minimum Wages Committee due to non-cooperation from management representatives. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Private Hospital Industrial Relations Committee here, the Minister’s office said here in a statement.
Mr. Sivankutty said the government would invoke Section 5(1)(b) of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, which empowers it to directly notify revised wages.
A committee constituted by the government in October 2023 to revise wages had conducted evidence collection in all 14 districts and held several rounds of discussions. However, no consensus could be reached as management representatives adopted a negative stand, the Minister said.
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