Naina, a fresh graduate from a college in Chandigarh’s periphery who was recently hired for Rs 8,000 a month, said: “Our driver Chunni is also paid Rs 8,000 a month and he never went to school!”
CHANDIGARH – Management graduates employed in Punjab who complain of being paid paltry salary are in for good news: the state government may soon fix minimum wages for those falling in managerial category. The proposed minimum salary for ‘category-A’ would be Rs 10,370.
The Punjab Government has already placed these jobs under the purview of minimum wages. The Labour Department had issued a notification seeking objections and suggestions in this regard.
Managers who are definitely in the bracket of the top paid salaried class are trying to get themselves registered in the category where government could ensure they were paid minimum averages in Punjab because of collapsed market scene.
However, the government’s move to fix minimum wages for management professionals on the lines of daily wagers is being stiffly resisted by prospective employers.
Hundreds of management graduates in the state are being hired at salaries less than those of skilled labour.
Naina, a fresh graduate from a college in Chandigarh’s periphery who was recently hired for Rs 8,000 a month, said: “Our driver Chunni is also paid Rs 8,000 a month and he never went to school!”
However, management graduates rue the proposed minimum salary of Rs 10,370 was lesser than the actual monthly income (not the notified amount) of skilled labour in the state.
Among those in category-A would be post-graduates/MBA in marketing, finance or human resource development or company secretary. The notification also made minimum wage recommendations for graduates in any discipline with a diploma in stenography, accountancy or computer applications (Rs 8,700) under category-B and a recommendation for Rs 7,200 to category-C employees for matriculates with a certificate in steno-typing, data entry, accountancy and sales.
