Wages Board Ord. ExtraordinaryGazette No 201660

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PART I : SEC. (I) - GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA - 30.06.2010
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The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
EXTRAORDINARY
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No. 1660/35 - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2010
(Published by Authority)
PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL

Government Notifications
THE WAGES BOARDS ORDINANCE
Notification
THE COCONUT GROWING TRADE
IT is hereby notified under section 29 (3) of the Wages Boards Ordinance (Chapter 136), that the decisions of the
Wages Board for the Coconut Growing Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule
hereto, have been approved by the Hon. Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion.
The decisions shall come into force on the 01st day of July, 2010.
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Ministry of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion.
Ministry of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion,
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decision made by the Wages Board for the Coconut Growing Trade and set out in the Schedule to the
Notification published in the Gazette Extraordinary, No. 9971 of 30th April, 1949 , as varied from time to time, and last varied
by the Notification published in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied in that
Schedule as follows :-
(1) In Part II of that Schedule in the minimum wage for piece work applicable to the workers shall be as follows:-
Process Rate
Rs. cts.
(1) In the raising and maintenance of Plantation plucking nuts 1,200 00 per 1000 trees
(2) In the manufacture of Copra-Husking nuts,Splitting nuts, 350 00 per 1000 nuts
Copra curing and sorting
PART III
(2) Processes :
(a) The raising and maintenance of a Coconut Plantation.
(b) The manufacture of Copra
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The minimum rate of wages for time work in relation to above processess shall be :
Male or Female Worker - Rs. 310.00 per day
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the preceding provision of this Part, the minimum
rate of wages for time work for any worker enegaged in cattle keeping on Sunday shall be one and a half times the
minimum rate of wages for the work fixed for such worker in respect of a normal working day.
PART III “A”
The Minimum rate of wages for time work in relation to —
(a) the work of a Conductor,
(b) the work of a Watcher shall be.
Acres Watcher Conductor
Rs. cts. Rs. cts.
(i) Any coconut plantation or division thereof not less than 10 acres 6,900.00 Not applicable
but less than 25 acres in extent
(ii) Any coconut plantation or any division thereof not less than 25 acres 7,200.00 7,400.00
but less than 50 acres in extent
(iii) Any coconut plantation or any division thereof not less than 50 acres 8,250.00 8,450.00
in extent
07-539/1
Notification
ENGINEERING TRADE
IT is hereby notified under section 29 (3) of the Wages Boards Ordinance (Chapter 136), that the decisions of the Wages
Board for the Engineering Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto have been
approved by the Hon. Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion.
The decisions shall come into force on the 01st of July, 2010.
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Labour Secretariat,
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Engineering Trade, and set out in the Schedule to the Notification
published in Gazette, No. 9447 of 10th August, 1945, as varied from time to time, and last varied by the Notification published
in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of 30th of June, 2008, shall be further varied by addition of part I and substitution of the
following described new parts for Part II of that Schedule:-
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PART I
CLASS OF WORKERS
UNSKILLED LABOURERS
Civil Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering workers requiring no training
Radio and Electronic Engineering
SEMI - SKILLED WORKERS

Civil Engineering
Printers, masons mates and blacksmith mates employed in repairing construction and maintenance of roads including
Workers employed in cutting side drains secrifing the road surface, metal spreading loading unloading and filling of metal
tarring roads and concrete mixing by hand.
Blacksmiths, strikers and hammer men, fettlers (iron and brass), smelters (iron and brass). checkers (timber), sawyers,
caulkers (wood), boiler attendants, drivers (engine), firemen, tyre repairers, tyre vulcanizers, painters, bowmen, greasers,
cleaners, washers.
Electrical Engineering
Wiremen, electroplaters
Assemblers, battery case manufacturers, (radio), solderers, fixers (screw), sealer cabinet cleaners, cutters, (chassis),
benders, painters (boards, dials, and badgers etc.,), checkers anodisers, packers, power press operators, set testers, unit
testers, etcher, (making of printed boards and transistors). buffing machine operators, sanding machine operators.
SKILLED WORKERS
Civil Engineering
Plumbers, blacksmiths, sign writers, polishers (appliers of French polish), masons, oil and steam roller drivers, ship
wrights, body builders hood makers, miners blasters and drillers sledgers, employed in repairing, constructing and maintenance
of roads.
Turners, machinists (iron and steel working), machinists (wood working), copper smiths, filters, boiler makers,
welders and burners, power hammer operators, molders (iron and brass), joiners,core makers, pattern makers, carpenters,
cabinet-makers, boat builders, saw sharpeners, machine knife sharpeners, launch tindals drivers, spilcers. rope and sail
makers, glazers driver mechanics. tinkers (motor), tinsmiths, riveters and caulkers, crane drivers.
Electricians, armature winders, switch board attendants, radio and electronic technicians, (radio), transformer makers,
coil winder, casters, radio mechanics, polishers, (radio cabinet and other parts), transformer winders and assemblers, tuner
aligners.
WATCHERS
Watchers engaged in all the categories
Civil Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Watchers engaged in all the categories
TRADE LEARNERS AND APPRENTICES

Civil Engineering
Mechanical Engineering Training period for skilled and semi skilled (4 years)
In this Schedule, the word "Year" in relation to any trade learner or apprentice shall be deemed to consist of 365 days
of continuous employment.
PART II
Minimum Rate of Wages for a Month
Year of Un-skilled Semi Skilled Skilled Watchers Trade Learners

Employment Rs. cts. Rs. cts. Rs. cts. Rs. cts. and Apprentices
Rs. cts.
1st Year 6,900 00 7,200 00 7,500 00 6,900 00 5,290 00
2nd Year 7,000 00 7,325 00 7,650 00 7,000 00 5,440 00
3rd Year 7,100 00 7,450 00 7,800 00 7,100 00 5,590 00
4th Year 7,200 00 7,575 00 7,950 00 7,200 00 5,740 00
5th Year 7,300 00 7,700 00 8,100 00 7,300 00
6th Year 7,400 00 7,825 00 8,250 00 7,400 00
7th Year 7,500 00 7,950 00 8,400 00 7,500 00
8th Year 7,600 00 8,075 00 8,550 00 7,600 00
9th Year 7,700 00 8,200 00 8,700 00 7,700 00
10th Year 7,800 00 8,325 00 8,850 00 7,800 00
11th Year 7,900 00 8,450 00 9,000 00 7,900 00
12th Year 8,000 00 8,575 00 9,150 00 8,000 00
13th Year 8,100 00 8,700 00 9,300 00 8,100 00
14th Year 8,200 00 8,825 00 9,450 00 8,200 00
15th Year 8,300 00 8,950 00 9,600 00 8,300 00
16th Year 8,400 00 9,075 00 9,750 00 8,400 00
17th Year 8,500 00 9,200 00 9,900 00 8,500 00
18th Year 8,600 00 9,325 00 10,050 00 8,600 00
07-539/2
Notification
PRINTING TRADE
Board for the Printing Trade made under section 30 of the that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto have been
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Ministry of Labour Relations and
Ministry of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion, Productivity Promotion.
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Printing Trade and set out in the Schedule to the Notification
published in the Gazette Extraordinary, No. 9436 of 21st July, 1945 as varied from time to time and last varied by the
Notification in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of June 30 th 2008, shall be further varied by the substitution for Part II
of that Schedule of the following new Part.
PART II
Class of Workers
Class ‘A’ workers
Process Artists, Process Camera Operators, Process Etcher, Process Hands, Litho Artists, Litho and Offset Machine
Minders, Rotary machine minders, Photographers and Rotagrano Machine Minders, Tin Plate Printers, Film Setters,
Lino-type Operators, Monotype Keyboard Operators, Ludlow Operators, Lino-type Mechanics, Printing Mechanics,
Process Engravers and Mounters, Process Printers Down, Litho Transfers, Litho Provers, Readers (other than those
employed in the production of newspapers).
Class ‘B’ workers

Mono-type Caster Operators (Attendents), Super Caster Attendents, Elrod Machine Operators, Compositors,
Stone Hands and Imposing Hand, Pressmen, Letter Press Cylinder Machine Minders and Feeders, Silk Screen Machine
Operators, rubber Stamp Makers, Relief Stamp and Dye Stamping Machine Operators, Binders, Binding Machine Operators,
Sewing Machine Operators, Folding Machine Operators, Cartoon Cutting and Pasting Machine Operators, Cutters (Hand
and Machine), Guillotine Machine Operators, Guilding Machine Operators and Guilders Rulers (Hand and Machine), Stereo
Typers Manglemen, Foundrymen, Foundry Plate Casters, Type Casters, Platen Machine Minders (Operating fully automatic
machine), Roller Casting (using the Roller Casting gun), Platen Machine Minders (Hand feed), Roller Caster (Hand).
Class ‘C’ workers

Foundry Plate Clippers, Foundry Labourers, Rotary Labourers, Packers, Counters and Checkers.
Class ‘D’ workers

Unskilled workers not under 18 years of age.
Class ‘E’ workers

Unskilled workers under 18 years of age.
Class ‘F’ workers

Watchers.
For Workers Other than Learners and Apprentices minimum rate of wages for a month
Year of Employment ‘A’ Class ‘B’ Class ‘C’ Class ‘D’ ‘F’ Class ‘E’ Class
Rs. cts. Rs. cts. Rs. cts. Rs. cts. Rs. cts.
1st Year 8,100 00 7,800 00 7,500 00 7,200 00 6,900 00

2nd Year 8,300 00 7,975 00 7,650 00 7,325 00 7,000 00
3rd Year 8,500 00 8,150 00 7,800 00 7,450 00 7,100 00
4th Year 8,700 00 8,325 00 7,950 00 7,575 00 7,200 00
5th Year 8,900 00 8,500 00 8,100 00 7,700 00 7,300 00
6th Year 9,100 00 8,675 00 8,250 00 7,825 00 7,400 00
7th Year 9,300 00 8,850 00 8,400 00 7,950 00 7,500 00
8th Year 9,500 00 9,025 00 8,550 00 8,075 00 7,600 00
9th Year 9,700 00 9,200 00 8,700 00 8,200 00 7,700 00
10th Year 9,900 00 9,375 00 8,850 00 8,325 00 7,800 00
11th Year 10,100 00 9,550 00 9,000 00 8,450 00 7,900 00
12th Year 10,300 00 9,725 00 9,150 00 8,575 00 8,000 00
13th Year 10,500 00 9,900 00 9,300 00 8,700 00 8,100 00
14th Year 10,700 00 10,075 00 9,450 00 8,825 00 8,200 00
15th Year 10,900 00 10,250 00 9,600 00 8,950 00 8,300 00
Trade Learners and Apprentices
Year of Employment ‘A’ Class ‘B’ Class ‘C’ Class

Rs. cts. Rs. cts. Rs. cts.
1st Year 6,670 00 6,440 00 6,210 00

2nd Year 6,820 00 6,565 00 6,310 00
3rd Year 6,970 00 6,690 00 6,410 00
4th Year 7,120 00 6,815 00 6,510 00
5th Year 7,270 00 6,940 00 6,610 00
07-539/3
Notification
TEA EXPORT TRADE
Wages Board for the Tea Export Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto have
been approved by the Hon. Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion.
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Tea Export Trade and set out in, the Schedule to the Notification
published in the Gazette Extraordinary, No. 9436 of 21st July, 1945 as varied from time to time, and last varied by the
Notification published in the Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/04 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied by the substitution
of the following new part for part II of that Schedule :-
PART II
Class of Workers
Grade II :
Workers employed in sampling, opening boxes and turning out contents, weighing empty chests, cutting papers
and lead sheets for packing, lining, packing tea in chests, laying out, top-lining and soldering, lidding and nailing, hooping
and wire-tying, scraping cut old marks, marking, weighing and packing, pasting labels, cutting out and making jute - hessian
covers, covering with jutehessian, cleaning and sweeping of stores and drains, cutting, sifting and refiring and polishing
green tea.
Intermediate Grade :
Workers employed in weighing chests filled with tea, hand-bulking, hand-blending, box-makers and repairers.
Grade I:
Workers employed in unloading and carrying chests, stacking, carrying chests to blending board, carrying to the
Store and restocking and laying out chests and loading for shipping.
Watchers :
Minimum Rates of Wages for a Month
Year of Grade II Intermediate Grade I Watchers

Employment Rs. cts. Rs. cts. Rs. cts. Rs. cts.
1st Year 6,900 00 7,200 00 7,500 00 6,900 00

2nd Year 7,000 00 7,325 00 7,650 00 7,000 00
3rd Year 7,100 00 7,450 00 7,800 00 7,100 00
4th Year 7,200 00 7,575 00 7,950 00 7,200 00
5th Year 7,300 00 7,700 00 8,100 00 7,300 00
6th Year 7,400 00 7,825 00 8,250 00 7,400 00
7th Year 7,500 00 7,950 00 8,400 00 7,500 00
8th Year 7,600 00 8,075 00 8,550 00 7,600 00
9th Year 7,700 00 8,200 00 8,700 00 7,700 00
10th Year 7,800 00 8,325 00 8,850 00 7,800 00
11th Year 7,900 00 8,450 00 9,000 00 7,900 00
12th Year 8,000 00 8,575 00 9,150 00 8,000 00
13th Year 8,100 00 8,700 00 9,300 00 8,100 00
14th Year 8,200 00 8,825 00 9,450 00 8,200 00
15th Year 8,300 00 8,950 00 9,600 00 8,300 00
16th Year 8,400 00 9,075 00 9,750 00 8,400 00
17th Year 8,500 00 9,200 00 9,900 00 8,500 00
18th Year 8,600 00 9,325 00 10,050 00 8,600 00
19th Year 8,700 00 9,450 00 10,200 00 8,700 00
20th Year 8,800 00 9,575 00 10,350 00 8,800 00
21st Year 8,900 00 9,700 00 10,500 00 8,900 00
22nd Year 9,000 00 9,825 00 10,650 00 9,000 00
23rd Year 9,100 00 9,950 00 10,800 00 9,100 00
24th Year 9,200 00 10,075 00 10,950 00 9,200 00
25th Year 9,300 00 10,200 00 11,100 00 9,300 00
26th Year 9,400 00 10,325 00 11,250 00 9,400 00
07-539/4
Notification
WAGES BOARD FOR THE RUBBER EXPORT TRADE
Wages Boards for the Rubber Export Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Rubber Export Trade and set out in the Schedule to the
Notification published in the Gazette Extraordinary, No. 9436 of 21st July, 1945 , as varied from time to time, and last varied
by the Notification published in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied by the
substitution of the following new part for Part II of that Schedule:-
PART II

Class of Workers
Grade II :
Workers employed in stripping, clipping and bark cutting, washing and re-smoking mouldy rubber, general labour
including moving to presses, weighing machines and other parts of the store, Assembling, wrapping and pricking rubber for
bailing, pressing, hooping and wire tying, cutting, jute hessian covers, painting, drying, assembling and marking, treating
jute hessian for special packing, covering bales with jute hessian and stitching, laying out bales, cleaning and sweeping of
stores and drains.
Intermediate Grade
Workers employed in weighing, grading and sorting, the work of press operators.
Grade I:
Workers employed in loading, unloading and carrying bales, stacking, and sorting
Watchers.
Stage Grade II Intermediate Grade I Watcher

Rs. cts. Rs. cts. Rs. cts. Rs. cts.
1st Year 6,900 00 7,200 00 7,500 00 6,900 00

2nd Year 7,000 00 7,325 00 7,650 00 7,000 00
3rd Year 7,100 00 7,450 00 7,800 00 7,100 00
4th Year 7,200 00 7,575 00 7,950 00 7,200 00
5th Year 7,300 00 7,700 00 8,100 00 7,300 00
Watchers. (Con.)
Stage Grade II Intermediate Grade I Watcher
6th Year 7,400 00 7,825 00 8,250 00 7,400 00

7th Year 7,500 00 7,950 00 8,400 00 7,500 00
8th Year 7,600 00 8,075 00 8,550 00 7,600 00
9th Year 7,700 00 8,200 00 8,700 00 7,700 00
10th Year 7,800 00 8,325 00 8,850 00 7,800 00
11th Year 7,900 00 8,450 00 9,000 00 7,900 00
12th Year 8,000 00 8,575 00 9,150 00 8,000 00
13th Year 8,100 00 8,700 00 9,300 00 8,100 00
14th Year 8,200 00 8,825 00 9,450 00 8,200 00
15th Year 8,300 00 8,950 00 9,600 00 8,300 00
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Notification
LIQUOR AND VINEGAR TRADE
Boards for the Liquor and Vinegar Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto have
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Liquor and Vinegar Trade and set out in, the Schedule to the
Notification published in Gazette,No. 9560 of May 24th, 1946, as varied from time to time, and last varied by the Notification
published in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied by the substitution for Parts II and
III of that Schedule of the following parts :-
PART II
Minimum rate of wages for piece work applicable to following processes in the Liquor and Vinegar Trade :-
PROCESS RATE
Rs. cts.
coupling coconut palms 38.75 for each coupling
changing ropes 18.75 for each coupling
cutting and removing ropes 16.25 for each coupling
laddering coconut palms 1943.75 for each rope not exceeding 110 palms
Tapping Coconut, Kithul or Palmyrah palms for supplying toddy to taverns :

Rs. cts.
In Galle District 30 00
In Western Province 63 75
In Chilaw District 60 00
In Nuwara-Eliya or Kandy District 66 25
In Matara, Jaffna or Matale District 60 00
In Puttalam, Anuradhapura 63 75
Kurunegala or Hambantota District
In Badulla or Ratnapura District 66 25 for each gallon of toddy
delivered by worker.
In Batticaloa or Mannar District 66 25
In Kegalle District 43 75
In Trincomalee or Mullative District 57 50
Tapping Coconut, Kithul or Palmyrah 13 75

palms for supplying toddy to Distilleries or for the
manufacture of vinegar
Tapping spathes for supplying toddy to distrilleries 1778 75

or for the manufacture of Vinegar for not exceeding
100 Coconut, Kithul or Palmyrah palms
For every palm in excess of such 100 palms 18 75
Tapping spathes for supplying toddy to taverns 1696 25
25-40 Coconut, Kithul or Palmyrah palms.
Whenever a worker is employed to tap toddy for the Arrack Trade or Vinegar Trade, the aforesaid rate should be
paid to him for tapping Coconut, Kithul a Palmyrah palms subject to the condition that the alcohol content of the volume of
toddy delivered by him should be not less than 7.5%. However if the alcohol content of the volume of toddy is less than
7.5%, he should be paid in proportion to the aforesaid rate.
PART III
Minimum rate of wages for time work applicable to the workers specified in Column I shall be the corresponding
rates set out in Column II.
In any month where the period of unauthorized absence of a worker exceeds 4 days he shall be paid as wages for
that month the balance wage after deducting the proportionate amount of the monthly salary for the number of days
exceeding the authorized 4 days leave.
Column I Column II
Class of Workers Rate for each month
Rs. cts.
Workers employed in :
The work to tope Kangany 8,460. 00
The work of toddy tavern watcher 7,200 00
The work of arrack tavern watcher 7,200 00
The work of tope watcher 6,900 00
The work of collecting station manager 7,740 00
Rs. cts.
The work of selling toddy at tavern 7,620 00
The work of selling arrack at tavern 7,620 00
Collecting toddy from Coconut, Kithul or Palmyrah palms (including the 7,740 00
operations of transporting, loading and unloading toddy barrels and washing
barrles, toddy vats, utensils and other vessels) in the toddy section of the trade
Collecting toddy from Coconut, Kithul or Palmyrah palms (including the 6,960 00
operations of transporting), in the Vinegar section of the trade
Distrilling toddy at distillery 7,236 00
Bottling, corking and labelling arrack bottles 6,900 00
Chopping and splitting firewood, cleaning and washing barrels, vats and 6,900 00
other vessels at distilleries, transporting, loading and unloading arrack,
measuring arrack, bottling and corking toddy bottles, making Vinegar,
bottling, corking and labelling vinegar bottles and transporting Vinegar for
Distribution.
Collecting toddy for Coconut Kithul or Palmyrah palms (including the operation
of transporting ) in the arrack section of the trade.
For not more than 80 palms7,140 0

For not less than 81 and not more than 90 palms 7,240 00
For not less than 131 palms7,740 0
07-539/6
Notification
WAGES BOARD FOR THE BUILDING TRADE
IT is hereby notified under section 29(3) of the Wages Boards Ordinance (Chapter 136), that the decisions of the Wages
Board for the Building Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto have been
approved by the Honourable Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion.
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Building Trade and set out in the Schedule to the Notification
published in Gazette, No. 10141 of 25th August, 1950 as varied from time to time and last varied by the Notification
in the Gazette, No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied by the substitution of the following new part for
Part II of that Schedule.
PART II
Minimum Rate of Wages for time Work
The minimum daily rates of wages for time work for a normal working day applicable to workers specified in
Column I shall be the rates set out in Column II :–
Column I Column II
Class of Workers Rate
Rs. cts.
Unskilled Workers - 325.00

Skilled Workers -
Painters, Decorators, Tilers (Roofing), Scaffolders, Mechanical Equipment 380.00
Operators, Kanganies, Masons (Building), Carpenters (Building), Plumbers,
Erectors (Construction Steel), Equipment Maintenance Men, Tinkers
Minimum rate of Wages for Month

The minimum monthly rate of wages applicable to workers specified in Column I shall be rates set out in the Table
below :–
Class of 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year 5th Year
Workers Rs. cts. Rs. cts. Rs. cts. Rs. cts. Rs. cts
Unskilled 8,125.00 8,225.00 8,325.00 8,425.00 8,525.00

Skilled 9,500.00 9,675.00 9,850.00 10,025.00 10,200.00
07-539/7
Notification
BEEDI MANUFACTURING TRADE
Board for the Beedi Manufacturing Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto
have been approved by the Hon. Minister of Labour Relations and Manpower Productivity Promotion.
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo 05,
28th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Beedi Manufacturing Trade and set out in the Schedule to
the Notification published in the Gazette Extraordinary, No. 11208 of 29th November, 1957, as varied from time to time, and
last varied by Notification in the Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied by the
substitution for Part II of that Schedule of the following new part :-
PART II
The Minimum Rates of Wages for Piece Work
The minimum rates of wages for piece work for Beedi Rolling (inclusive of the preparation of wrappers for rolling,
cutting, wrapping leaves, filling wrappers with “Beedi Tobacco”, Beedi Rolling and tying rolled Beedies) shall be :-
(a) for Beedies not more than 2 inches long - Rs. 222.00 per 1000 Beedies ;
(b) for Beedies more than 2 inches long but less than 3 inches - Rs. 250.00 per 1000 Beedies ;
(c) for Beedies not less than 3 inches long - Rs. 276.00 per 1000 Beedies.
The minimum rates of wages for piece work for Beedi Rolling (inclusive of filling wrappers with “Beedi Tobacco”
Beedi Rolling and tying rolled Beedies but exclusive of the preparation of wrappers for rolling and cutting wrapping leaves)
shall be :-
The minimum rates of wages for piece work for cutting, wrapping leaves (inclusive of the preparation of wrappers for
rolling) shall be :
The minimum rates of wages for piece work for fixing ring labels round rolled Beedies shall be Rs. 28.00 per 1000
Beedies.
07-539/8
Notification
WAGES BOARD FOR THE BAKING TRADE
Wages Board for the Baking Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto have
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Baking Trade and set out in, the Schedule to the Notification
published in Gazette, No. 11605 of 29th November, 1958 , as varied from time to time, and last varied by the Notification
published in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied by the substitution of following the
new part for Part II of that Schedule :-
PART II
Year of Employment ‘A’ Class ‘B’ Class ‘C’ Class

1st Year 8,100 00 7,500 00 6,900 00

2nd Year 8,250 00 7,625 00 7,000 00
3rd Year 8,400 00 7,750 00 7,100 00
4th Year 8,550 00 7,875 00 7,200 00
5th Year 8,700 00 8,000 00 7,300 00
6th Year 8,850 00 8,125 00 7,400 00
7th Year 9,000 00 8,250 00 7,500 00
8th Year 9,150 00 8,375 00 7,600 00
9th Year 9,300 00 8,500 00 7,700 00
10th Year 9,450 00 8,625 00 7,800 00
11th Year 9,600 00 8,750 00 7,900 00
07-539/9
Notification
COIR MATTRESS AND BRISTLE FIBRE EXPORT TRADE
Board for the Coir Mattress and Bristle Fibre Export Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the
Schedule hereto have been approved by the Hon. Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion.
The decisions shall come into force on the 01st July, 2010.
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Ministry of Labour Relations and Man Power.
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2008.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Coir Mattress and Bristle Fibre Export Trade and set out in
the Schedule to the Notification published in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 13187 of 29th June, 1962, as varied from time to time,
and last varied by the Notification published in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied
by the substitution of the following new parts for Parts II and III of that schedule.
PART II
WAGES FOR PIECE RATE WORK
1. Hanking (that is dressing for export) partly or wholly by hand and tying Bristle Fibre in hanks of standard
sizes ;
2. Hanking (that is dressing for export) partly or wholly by hand without tying into hanks in preparation for
dyeing ;
3. Hanking (that is dressing for export) partly or wholly by hand and tying into hanks dyed Bristle Fibre of
standard sizes ;
Year of Employment 3-Tie 2-Tie Hanking for 3-Tie Grade 2-Tie Grade
Grade (per Grade (per Dyeing (per 100 Dyed (per Dyed (per
100 Kgs.) 100 Kgs.) Kgs.) 100 Kgs.) 100 Kgs.)
1st Year 1,008 00 999 60 672 00 1,126 80 1,112 40

2nd Year 1,014 50 1,005 40 722 00 1,132 60 1,118 20
3rdYear 1,021 00 1,011 20 772 00 1,138 40 1,124 00
4th Year 1,027 50 1,017 00 822 00 1,144 20 1,129 80
5th Year 1,034 00 1,022 80 872 00 1,150 00 1,135 60
6th Year 1,040 50 1,028 60 922 00 1,155 80 1,141 40
7th Year 1,047 00 1,034 40 972 00 1,161 60 1,147 20
8th Year 1,053 50 1,040 20 1,022 00 1,167 40 1,153 00
9th Year 1,060 00 1,046 00 1,072 00 1,173 20 1,158 80
10th Year 1,066 50 1,051 80 1,122 00 1,179 00 1,164 60

11th Year 1,073 00 1,057 60 1,172 00 1,184 80 1,170 00
12th Year 1,079 50 1,063 40 1,222 00 1,190 60 1,176 20
13th Year 1,086 00 1,069 20 1,272 00 1,196 40 1,182 00
14th Year 1,092 50 1,075 00 1,322 00 1,202 20 1,187.80
15th Year 1,099 00 1,080 80 1,372 00 1,208 00 1,193 60
16th Year 1,105 50 1,086 60 1,422 00 1,213 80 1,199 40
17th Year 1,112 00 1,092 40 1,472 00 1,219 60 1,205 20
18th Year 1,118 50 1,098 20 1,522 00 1,225 40 1,211 00
19th Year 1,125 00 1,104 00 1,572 00 1,231 20 1,216 00
20th Year 1,131 50 1,109 80 1,622 00 1,237 00 1,222 60
21st Year 1,138 00 1,115 60 1,672 00 1,242 80 1,228 40
22nd Year 1,144 50 1,121 40 1,722 00 1,248 60 1,234 20
23rd Year 1,151 00 1,127 20 1,772 00 1,254 40 1,240 00
24th year 1,157 50 1,133 00 1,822 00 1,260 20 1,245 80
25th Year 1,164 00 1,138 80 1,872 00 1,266 00 1,251 60
26th Year 1,170 50 1,144 60 1,922 00 1,271 80 1,257 40
PART III
Minimum Rate of Wages for Time Work
Class of Workers :
Grade II :
Workers employed in -receiving fibre into stores from Lorries or carts ; counting ballots and bundles ;
weighing ballots and bundles ; sorting fibre ; stacking ballots and bundles ; breaking Stacks of ballots and bundles ;
unwrapping ballots and bundles ; picking and teasing ; bundling loose fibre ; drying loose fibre ; removing ; ballots and
bundles from one part of the stores to another ; trimming of cut bristle fibre hanks ; curling ; balloting or coiling of
twisted fibre ; cutting firewood for dyeing ; issuing oil for hanking, cutting bristle fibre ties ; sweeping of stores and
drains ; carting coir dust and rubbish ; placing coir dust and rubbish in vehicles for removal ; sifting coir dust ; bagging
coir dust and rubbish ; preparing tea ; distributing meals and tea ; receiving, counting, weighting, stacking,
removing, cutting, preparing sundry materials used in packing and processing firbre ; removing ballots and bundles
from stores, bleaching chambers or drying ground to bailing press ; passing fiber to press packers ; operating winches for
moving press boxes ; sawing and splitting bamboos ; cutting hoop iron ; stretching coir ropes ; sweeping and cleaning
press ; platform, pit and surroundings ; covering bales with jute hessain and stitching ; wrapping ballots with paper or
jute hessian and marking all packages for shipment.
Intermediate Grade :
workers employed in-throwing Fibre from ground level to press platform (if elevated ) ; feeding
fiber into teasing machines ; balloting fiber in balloting boxes ; twisting coir ropes from coir yarn ; the process of bleaching
fibre with sulphur ; cutting bristle fibre hanks to specified length and the process of dyeing fibre.
Grade I :
Workers employed in - packing bailing boxes with or without mechanical tramplers ; controlling and operating
the bailing press ; strapping, the bail with hoop iron or rope ; stacking ; unstacking carrying, moving loading and
unloading bales, twisting curling fibre.
Workers
Year of Employment Grade II Intermediate Grade I Head Bailing

Grade Press Operator
1st Year 6,900 00 7,200 00 7,800 00 7,500 00

2nd Year 7,000 00 7,325 00 7,950 00 7,675 00
3rd Year 7,100 00 7,450 00 8,100 00 7,850 00
4th Year 7,200 00 7,575 00 8,250 00 8,025 00
5th Year 7,300 00 7,700 00 8,400 00 8,200 00
6th Year 7,400 00 7,825 00 8,550 00 8,375 00
7th Year 7,500 00 7,950 00 8,700 00 8,550 00
8th Year 7,600 00 8,075 00 8,850 00 8,725 00
9th Year 6,700 00 8,200 00 9,000 00 8,900 00
10th Year 7,800 00 8,325 00 9,150 00 9,075 00
11th year 7,900 00 8,450 00 9,300 00 9,250 00
12th Year 8,000 00 8,575 00 9,450 00 9,425 00
13th Year 8,100 00 8,700 00 9,600 00 9,600 00
14th Year 8,200 00 8,825 00 9,750 00 9,775 00
15th Year 8,300 00 8,950 00 9,900 00 9,950 00
16th Year 8,400 00 9,075 00 10,050 00 10,125 00
17th Year 8,500 00 9,200 00 10,200 00 10,300 00
18th Year 8,600 00 9,325 00 10,350 00 10,475 00
19th Year 8,700 00 9,450 00 10,500 00 10,650 00
20th Year 8,800 00 9,575 00 10,650 00 10,825 00
21st Year 8,900 00 9,700 00 10,800 00 11,000 00
22nd Year 9,000 0 9,825 00 10,950 00 11,175 00
23rd Year 9,100 00 9,950 00 11,100 00 11,350 00
24th Year 9,200 00 10,075 00 11,250 00 11,525 00
25th Year 8,300 00 10,200 00 11,400 00 11,700 00
26th Year 9,400 00 10,325 00 11,550 00 11,875 00
07-539/10
Notification
WAGES BOARD FOR THE HOSIERY MANUFACTURING TRADE
Board for the Hosiery Manufacturing Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto
have been approved by the Hon. Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion.
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Hosiery Manufacturing Trade and set out in the Schedule to the
Notification published in Gazette, No. 14725 of 09th December, 1966, as varied from time to time and last varied by the
Notification in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied by the substitution for Part II of
that schedule of the following new part.
PART II
MINIMUM RATES OF WAGES FOR A MONTH
Class of Workers
Grade I
Chief workers or leaders, Section Supervisors, Laying Machine Operators.
Grade II
Kier Boiler Operators, Steam-Boiler Operators, Washing Machine Operators, Dyeing Machine Operators, Stantexing
Machine Operators, Hydro Extraction Machine Operators, Cialendering Machine Operators, Drying Machine Operators,
Machine Mechanics (General Purposes), dyres (Males), Knitting Machine Mechanics, Screen Printers, Screen Printing
Operatives (Females), Screen Printing Assistants, Sewing Machine Mechanics.
Grade III
Fabric Laying Operators (Females), Cutting Machine Operators, Electric Cutter Operators, Cutters (Hand), Sewing
Machine Operators, Boiling Fabric Labourers, Bleaching Operatives (Males), Knitting Machine Operators, Mending Operatives
(Females), Trimming Operatives (Females), Ironing Operatives (Females), Ironing Operatives (Males), Electric Iron Operators,
Checking Operatives (Females), Sorting Operatives (Females), Packers, Packing and Stamping Operatives (Females) Shoe
Lace, Cord Making and Brainding Machine Operators, Cellopane Bags and Cardboard Box Makers, Winding Machine
Operators.
Grade IV
Learners or Apprentices (The period of apprenticeship in relation to any learner or apprentice referred to above
shall be deemed to consist of 156 working days).
Wages for a Month
Year of Grade I Grade II Grade III Grade IV

1st Year 7,500 00 7,200 00 6,900 00 4,900 00

2nd Year 7,650 00 7,325 00 7,000 00
3rd Year 7,800 00 7,450 00 7,100 00
4th Year 7,950 00 7,575 00 7,200 00
5th Year 8,100 00 7,700 00 7,300 00
07-539/11
Notification
WAGES BOARD FOR THE TEXTILE MANUFACTURING TRADE
IT is hereby notified under section 29 (3) of the Wages Board Ordinance (Chapter 136), that the decisions of the Wages Board
for the Textile Manufacturing Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto have been
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Textile Manufacturing Trade and set out in, the schedule to the
notification published in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 14955/19 of 29th April, 1971 as varied from time to time, and last varied
by the notification published in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied by the
substitution of the following new part for Part II of that schedule.
PART II
Class of Workers :-
Grade I (Skilled) :
Designers, Engravers, fancy Jobbers(weaving) Front Sizers, Fitters, Carding, Speed Frame, Spinning,
Winding, Wrapping, Sizing, Weaving.
Head Jobbers :
Speed Frame, Spinning, Weaving
Jobbers :
Finishing, Sizing, Combing, Carding
Line Jobbers :
Weaving
Grade II (Skilled) :
Beam Gaiters, Jobbers :
Warehouse, Printing, Dyeing, Bleaching, Doubling, Winding, Wrapping, Drawing, mixing and blow room.
Jobber Assistants :
Carding
Line Jobbers :
Spinning, Speed Frame, Smash hands, Weavers.
Semi-Skilled :
Balers (Bounding and baling), Banders, bundlers, calendermen, Carpenters, chemical men,
cooling plentmen, counters.
Thread coverers : roller, Creel boys (wraping), Cutters.
Card : cut-lookers/head cut-lookers, Doffers, doublers, Drawers in dressers.
Yarn : drying, Rangemen, Dyeingmen-cheese and beem.
Gaugers : spindle, Examiners-first piese cloth, fitters, Assistant grinders-card flat, hydro extractormen, jobbers.
Jobbers Doffing :
Jigger-men, Kanganies, Kiermen, Machine attendants, Tubuler banding machinemen.
Machine men :
Ageing, Comting, Cropping and Shearing, Padding, Printing, Ribbon lap Soaping.
Machine women :
Bed sperad.
Mercerisermen, mixers :
Colour, Size.
Roacher, Realers, Repairers :

Combing , Needle, Flango, Heald and reed, Spindle, Shuttle Tongue sampler, Sanforisemen, Screen-makers,
Screen printers, Setters.
Card:
sewingmen, Singing and designmen, Sizers-back sleymakers.
Sprinners : Mule ring stenterman, stitchers-tape, tenters-card, drewing interreving,simplex slubbing, waste card.
Vatmen :
Hank bleaching, cootton dyeing, hank dyeing.
Winders :
Automatic prin gray, Cheese cone, Doubler, Universal pirn wrapping boys (spinning).
Un-Skilled :
Back fillers, Balers (warehouse), Bale makers, Bailing checkers, Battery fillers, Carriers, Bean, Bobbin, Cotton,
Deff, Lap, Tally board.
Cleaners :
Room read, Cloth pilers, Creel boys (carpet section) outters-loop, Fly gatherers.
Folders :
Greese, Hand
Helpers, laborers, machinemen :

Ginning, Willow, Blending, Washing Numbers markers/Workers, Cilers, Packers
Waste, Pickers, Plaiters :

Front/Back
Roller coverer assistant, roving waste openers, Seed collectors and packers.
Skewer - repairers :
Slay makers-assistants
Assistants (Stamping and Bundingmen Stitchers) :

Bag-Belt Strippers, Scutchermen, Sweepers, Thread Extractor-men, Weighers/Scalemen-Prin Winder (Carpet
Section), Yarn Conditioners cum-Distributors.
Year of Un-Skilled Semi-skilled Skilled Grade II Skilled Garde I

1st Year 6,900 00 7,200 00 7,500 00 7,800 00

2nd Year 7,000 00 7,325 00 7,650 00 7,975 00
3rd Year 7,100 00 7,450 00 7,800 00 8,150 00
4th Year 7,200 00 7,575 00 7,950 00 8,325 00
5th Year 7,300 00 7,700 00 8,100 00 8,500 00
6th Year 7,400 00 7,825 00 8,250 00 8,675 00
7th Year 7,500 00 7,950 00 8,400 00 8,850 00
8th Year 7,600 00 8,075 00 8,550 00 9,025 00
9th Year 7,700 00 8,200 00 8,700 00 9,200 00
10th Year 7,800 00 8,325 00 8,850 00 9,375 00
07-539/12
Notification
WAGES BOARD FOR THE BISCUIT AND CONFECTIONARY MANUFACTURING TRADE

(INCLUDING CHOCOLATE MANUFACTURING)
Board for the Biscuit and Confectionary Manufacturing (Including Chocolate Manufacturing) Trade made under section 30
of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto have been approved by the Hon. Minister of Labour Relations and
Productivity Promotion.
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Biscuit and Confectionary Manufacturing (Including Chocolate
Manufacturing) Manufacturing Trade and set out in the Schedule to the Notification published in the Gazette, No. 14806
of 14th June, 1968, as varied from time to time, and last varied by the Notification published in Gazette Extraordinary,
No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied by the substitution of the following new part in lieu of part II of that
Schedule :-
PART II
The minimum monthly rate of wages for time work applicable to workers of the below mentioned classes of
mechanized and non-mechanized factories of the Biscuit and Confectionary (Including Chocolate Manufacturing)
Manufacturing Trade shall be the rates set out in the table I and II respectively.
Classes of workers
Class ‘A’ workers (Skilled)
(a) Biscuit Manufacturing :
Workers engaged in the following.– Operations connected with the mixing of dough including the cleaning of
mixing tubs and containers, weighing and measuring of ingredients, adding of chemicals, essences and colouring and
feeding the mixers ; Work connected with the cutting machine ; Operations connected with cutting and embossing the
baking of biscuit including the work of oven loaders and oven helpers, Operation connected with the stacking machine ;
(b) Confectionery Manufacturing :

Workers engaged in the following.– Boiling of ingredients : Work connected with the transferring of “batch” to
and from “hot tables” ; Work connected with the transferring of “batch” to and from “cool-tables” ; Operations connected
with the “batch feeder”, Work connected with the emptying of “batch” to trays ; Operations connected with “tableting
machine”, Operations connected with the “centre manufacturing machines” ; Work connected with the oscillating pans
including the adding of essences, sugar and colouring materials ; Operations with the sifting machine ; cleaning and
roasting of cocoa beans ; Emptying roasted cocoa beans into “refitting hull” ; Work connected with the “tempering
machine” and the “depositer” ; Work connected with the “vibrating” and the “cooling tunnel”.
Class ‘B’ workers (semi-Skilled)

Workers engaged in the following.– Work connected with the receipt and storage of flour and sugar margarine,
vegetable fat, glucose, lecine, essences, cocoa powder, cheese, malt, milk powder, chemicals, butter ammonia, baking
powder, eggs and other ingredients ; Work connected with loading and unloading, carrying and conveying of ingredients;
; Work connected with flour sifting spreading rolling and flattening of mixed dough on cutting table work connected
with carrying stacking loading and unloading of buscuit tins and packets ; pocketing heat sealing, labeling; packing and
pasting of cartoons ;
(b) Confectionary Manufacturing :

Workers engaged in the following. – Work connected with the receipt and storage of ingredients, including
glucose, sugar essences, cocoa beans, milk powder, vegetable butter, gelatin, chemicals and flavors ; Weighing, measuring
and mixing of ingredients ; weighing and packing of toffees, chocolates and sweets, collection of sweets in trays and drying
sweets in the heating room, the adding of gelatin and colouring material, Collection of jujubes in trays, weighing and
packing of jujubes rapping, Ibelling and packing of sweets and chocolates ; and any other operations or activities connected
with or incidental to the confectionery manufacturing.
Class ‘C’ workers (unskilled)

Workers engaged in the following - Operations connected with the breaking of dough ; Carrying of baked biscuit
to and from the cooling rack ; washing and cleaning of trays and containers ; Collecting and arranging cut biscuit ; and any
other operations connected with or incidental to Biscuit Manufacturing.
(b) Confectionary Manufacturing :

Workers engaged in the following - Sorting of sweets, chocolates and toffees ; Sealing of bags ; Filling of chocolate
moulds ; separating the chocolates from the moulds.
TABLE I

For workers in mechanized factories
Class of worker 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year 5th Year
(a) Biscuit Manufacturing 7,830.00 7,980.00 8,130.00 8.280.00 8,430.00

(b) Confectionary Manufacturing 7,830.00 7,980.00 8,130.00 8.280.00 8,430.00
Class ‘B’ workers (Semi-Skilled)

Class ‘C’ workers (Unskilled)

TABLE II

For workers in non mechanized factories
(a) Biscuit Manufacturing 7,500.00 7,650.00 7,800.00 7,950.00 8,100.00

(b) Confectionary Manufacturing 7,500.00 7,650.00 7,800.00 7,950.00 8,100.00
Class ‘B’ workers (Semi-Skilled)

Class ‘C’ workers (Unskilled)

07-539/13
Notification
WAGES BOARD FOR THE RUBBER (INCLUDING TYRE MANUFACTURING AND RE-BUILDING), PLASTIC AND
PETROLEUM RESIN PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING TRADE
Wages Board for the Rubber (Including Tyre Manufacturing and Re-building), Plastic and Petroleum Resin Products
Manufacturing Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto have been approved
by the Hon. Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion.
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Rubber (Including Tyre Manufacturing and Re-Building),
Plastic and Petroleum Resin Products Manufacturing Trade and set out in the Schedule to the Notification published
in Gazette, No. 14831 of 06th December, 1968, as varied from time to time and last varied by Notification published in
Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied by the substitution of the following part for Part
II of that Schedule relating to the Basic Rates of Wages for a Month.
PART II
Year of Un-skilled Semi-skilled Skilled Apprentice
Employment Rs. cts.. Rs. cts. Rs. cts. Rs. cts.
1st Year 6,900 00 7,200 00 7,500 00 4,600 00
2nd Year 7,000 00 7,325 00 7,650 00 4,800 00
3rd Year 7,100 00 7,450 00 7,800 00 5,000 00
4th Year 7,200 00 7,575 00 7,950 00 5,200 00
5th Year 7,300 00 7,700 00 8,100 00
6th Year 7,400 00 7,825 00 8,250 00
7th Year 7,500 00 7,950 00 8,400 00
8th Year 7,600 00 8,075 00 8,550 00
9th Year 7,700 00 8,200 00 8,700 00
10th Year 7,800 00 8,325 00 8,850 00
11th Year 7,900 00 8,450 00 9,000 00
12th Year 8,000 00 8,575 00 9,150 00
13th Year 8,100 00 8,700 00 9,300 00
14th Year 8,200 00 8,825 00 9,450 00
15th Year 8,300 00 8,950 00 9,600 00
16th Year 8,400 00 9,075 00 9,750 00
17th Year 8,500 00 9,200 00 9,900 00
18th Year 8,600 00 9,325 00 10,050 00
19th Year 8,700 00 9,450 00 10,200 00
Minimum Rates of Wages for a Month (Cont.)
Year of Un-skilled Semi-skilled Skilled Apprentice

20th Year 8,800 00 9,575 00 10,350 00

21st Year 8,900 00 9,700 00 10,500 00
22nd Year 9,000 00 9,825 00 10,650 00
23rd Year 9,100 00 9,950 00 10,800 00
24th Year 9,200 00 10,075 00 10,950 00
25th Year 9,300 00 10,200 00 11,100 00
07-539/14
Notification
WAGES BOARD FOR THE TANNING FOOTWEAR AND LEATHER GOODS MANUFACTURING TRADE
IT is hereby notified under section 29 (3) of the Wages Board Ordinance (Chapter 136), that the decisions of the Wages Board
for the Tanning, Footwear and Leather Goods Manufacturing Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified
in the Schedule hereto have been approved by the Hon. Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion.
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Tanning, Footwear and Leather Goods Manufacturing
Trade and set out in the Schedule to the Notification published in Gazette, No. 14921 of 28th August, 1970, as varied
from time to time and last varied by the Notification published in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008,
shall be further varied by substitution of the following part.
PART II
The minimum monthly rates of wages for time work applicable to the below mentioned classes of workers of the
Tanning, Footwear & Leather goods Manufacturing Trade shall be the rates set-out in the table.
Classes of Workers
The Tanning of Leather :
Grade I:
Washing raw hides, boiling hides in line, deharring the skins, Fleshing the skins, Applying chemicals, Bleaching,
oiling Shaving, Staking, Socking, Applying salt, Removing excessive oil.
Grade II:
Splitting, Spraying, filling of salt hides, Trimming, Selecting and grading of skins, Bufling, Operating Machine
Slickering.
Grade III :
Application of flour and drying, curing the hides, the work of cleaners and sweepers, any other Operation connected
with or incidental to the work specified above.
The Manufacture and Repair of Footwear :

Grade I :
Compounding, upper making, fabric pasting (Mechanical Cutting soles) Cutting uppers, Edge trimming, mounting
bottom Pressing, Heel building, Heel compressing, clicking of uppers Edge setting.
Grade II:
Loading, Presseing shoes, Binding uppers, Slotting, boring, Attaching buckles, stitching soles, Scouring, Skiving,
Solution making, vamp setting, Eyeletting.
Grade III :
Mixing rubber cement, cutting straps, Reverting uppers, dipping in cement, Inserting uppers, Preparing uppers,
cementing backseams, pasting soles, polishing, finishing, Issuing boxes, Labelling boxes, Stamping boxes the work of
cleaners and sweepers, any other Operation connected with or incidental, to the work specified above.
The Manufacturing of Leather Goods :
Grade I :
Machine and hand clicking, Perforating and slit-cutting, Riverting, Hand pressing, Making Foot balls, Volley-balls
and Net-balls, Making Travelling bags, document cases and purses (machine).
Grade II:
Fixing studs, Buckles and buttons, Embossing, Fixing locks, Fittings and handles sewing, Making Traveling bags
document cases and purses (machine).
Grade III :
Marking, Applying cement and Paste Finishing, Inflating and stamping, any other Operation connected with or
incidental to work specified above.
Learners or Apprentices.
The period of apprenticeship in relation to any learner or apprentice referred to above shall be deemed to consist of
156 working days.
Year of Employment Tanning, Footwear and Leather Goods Manufacturing
Grade I Grade II GradeIII Learners or Apprentices

1st Year 7,500 00 7,200 00 6,900 00 4,850 00

2nd Year 7,650 00 7,325 00 7,000 00
3rd Year 7,800 00 7,450 00 7,100 00
4th Year 7,950 00 7,575 00 7,200 00
5th Year 8,100 00 7,700 00 7,300 00
07-539/15
Notification
METAL QUARRY AND METAL CRUSHING TRADE
Board for the Metal Quarry and Metal Crushing Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the
Schedule hereto have been approved by the Hon. Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion.
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Metal Quarry and Metal Crushing Trade, and set out in the
Schedule to the Notification published in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1279/16 of 12th March, 2003 as varied from time to time,
and last varied by Notification in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied by the
substitution of the following new part for part II of the Schedule :-
PART II
Class of Workers
The minimum monthly rates of wages for time work applicable to the below mentioned classes of the Metal Quarry
and Metal Crushing Trade Workers shall be the rates set out in the table.
1. Skilled
Drillers of granite rock manually, Drillers of granite rock by machinery, Fillers of bores with gun-powder, Blasters of
bores by firing, Blasters of bores by batteries or electricity.
2. Semi Skilled
Crushers of Metal manually, Breakers of large pieces of metal into smaller pieces, Loaders of metal into lorries by
machines ,Feeders of pieces of granite rock into metal crushers, Crushers of metal into various sizes by machines, Removers
of broken pieces of metal by machines stackers of broken pieces of metal by machines, Loaders of pieces of metal into lorries
by machines.
3. Un Skilled
Collectors of rubble, Loaders of pieces of metal into lorries manually, Removers of broken pieces of metal manually
/by wheelbar rows, Stackers of the pieces of metal manually, Other workers connected with or incidental to the work specified
in the preceding paragraph.
Minimum Monthly Rates of Wages
Year of Employment Skilled Semi Skilled Un Skilled
1st Year 8,700 00 7,800 00 6,900 00
2nd Year 8,850 00 7,925 00 7,000 00
3rd Year 9,000 00 8,050 00 7,100 00
4th Year 9,150 00 8,175 00 7,200 00
5th Year 9,300 00 8,300 00 7,300 00
07-539/16
Notification
CINNAMON TRADE
Boards for the Cinnamon Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto have been
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Cinnamon Trade and set out in the Schedule to the
Notification published in Gazette, No. 11732 of 29th April, 1959 as varied from time to time, and last varied by Gazette,
No. 1556/04 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied by the substitution of the following part for Part II of that schedule.
PART II
The minimum rates of wages applicable to the work and piece-rate work Specified in Column I below shall be the
rates set out in the corresponding entries in Column II.
Column I Column II
Description Minimum rate of wages
Rs. cts.
Time Rates:
Pruning, draining and terracing weeding, removing iluk, grass and cleaning
Boundaries (per day)
Male/Female workers 330 00
Cinnamon peeled - (Per day)
Male/Female workers 360 00
Piece Rate
Pruning per Hectare 7,320 00
Draininig a linear 10 m of drain 18" x 18" 144 00
Annual weeding per Hectare 6,540 00
07-539/17
Notification
WAGES BOARD FOR THE TOBACCO TRADE
IT is hereby notified under section 29 (3) of the Wages Boards Ordinance (Chapter 136), that the decisions
of the Wages Board for Tobacco Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Tobacco Trade and set out in the Schedule to
the Notification published in Gazette, No.14629/6 of 28th April, 1966, as varied from time to time and last varied by
Gazette, No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied by the substitution of the following part for Part II of that
Schedule.
The minimum daily wage payable to a Labourer (Male/Female) for a Normal Working Day is Rs. 350.00.
07-539/18

Notification
PLUMBAGO TRADE
Board for the Plumbago Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto have been
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Plumbago Trade and set out in the Schedule to the
Notification published in Gazette, No. 9224 of 07th January, 1944, as varied from time to time and last varied by the
Notification published in Gazette, No.1556/4 of 30th June 2008, shall be further varied by the substitution of the following
new part for Part II of that Schedule.
PART II
The minimum daily rates of wages for time work for a normal working day applicable to workers specified in
Column I shall be the rates set out in Column II.
The Minimum Rates of Wages for Time Work
Column I Column II
Class of workers Basic Rate for a
normal working day
Rs. cts.
Underground Workers :
Drillers (hand and machine) 630.00
Blasters 630.00
Shaft Drivers 630.00
Timber men 630.00
Stoppers (excavators) 630.00
Mockers 492.00
Troll men 492.00
Shifts bosses 654.00
Overseers and Kanganies 696.00
Basses 840.00
Loaders 696.00
Unskilled Labourers 492.00
Onsetters or donakatakarayas 696.00
Underground and Surface Workers :

Mechanics, Fitters and Electricians 768.00
Assistants (Mechanics, Fitters and Electricians) 492.00
Winch men and Hoist men 768.00
Windlass men (dabare workers) 492.00
Checkers 696.00
Pump men 768.00
Engine men 768.00
Surface Workers :
Unskilled labourers 384.00
Blacksmiths 630.00
Drill Sharpeners 630.00
Smithy boys 420.00
Boiler men 630.00
Carpenters 768.00
Masons 768.00
Carters 492.00
Watchers 492.00
Overseers 696.00
Firewood carriers and splitters 516.00
Cooks 420.00
Bakkikarayas or Banks men 628.00
Workers employed in the following tasks connected with curing the dressing:
(a) Packing, sorting, chipping, crushing, screening, sifting, washing, polishing,
grading, transporting plumbago, making and stiching bags, loading and
unloading bags 420.00
(b) As Overseas and Kanganies 630.00
07-539/19
Notification
MOTOR TRANSPORT TRADE
Board for the Motor Transport Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto have
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Motor Transport Trade, and set out in the Schedule to the
Notification published in Gazette, No. 9667 of 14th February, 1947 as varied from time to time and last varied by Notification
in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied by the substitution for paragraph 6 in Part II
of that Schedule of the following new part.
PART II
CLASS OF WORKERS
Class ‘A’ Workers

Drivers of omnibuses licensed to carry over 22 passengers.
Class ‘B’ Workers

Drivers of omnibuses licensed to carry over 22 passengers and under, drivers of ambulances and drivers of lorries
and vans (other than those owned by an estate and used solely for internal transport within the estate) with a licensed pay
load of over 20 cwt.
Class ‘C’ Workers

Drivers of hiring cars and cabs, drivers of lorries and vans (other than those owned by an estate and used solely for
internal transport within the estate) with a licensed payload of 20 cwt. and under, drivers of three wheeler and drivers of
hearses.
Class ‘D’ Workers

Drivers of tractors with trailers used for transport purpose, drivers of lorries with trailers (including those of the
scammel horse type but excluding those lorries with trailers or tractors owned by an estate and used solely for internal
transport within the estate).
Class ‘E’ Workers

Drivers of the following vehicles owned by an estate and used solely within the estate namely (a) lorries and (b)
tractors with trailers.
Class ‘F’ Workers

Conductors, clerks, cashiers, ticket - clerks and booking clerks employed in omnibuses.
Class ‘G’ Workers

Cleaners and porters of lorries with a licensed pay load of over 20 cwt.
Class ‘H’ Workers

Cleaners and porters of lorries with a licensed pay load of 20 cwt. and under, omnibuses, hiring cars, cabs, vans,
ambulances and hearses.
Class ‘I’ Workers

Omnibus checkers or time - keepers.
Class ‘J’ Workers

Omnibus inspectors and omnibuses stand supervisors.
Class ‘K’ Workers

All other workers in the Motor Transport Trade excluding workers referred to in the preceding items.
In the foregoing decisions —
(a) “Cleaners” means workers employed (other than in clerical capacities) in connection with the maintenance
of the michanism of lorries, comnibuses, hiring cars, cabs, vans, ambulances or hearses.
(b) “Porters” means workers employed in loading or unloading goods in to or from lorries, omnibuses, hiring
cars, cabs, vans, ambulances or hearses and required to travel in the vehicles in the performance.
PART II
The Minimum Rate of Wages for a Month
Year of Class Class B Class C Class Class G & I Class H Class K

Employment A&D EF & J
Rs. cts. Rs. cts. Rs. cts Rs. cts Rs. cts Rs. cts Rs. cts
1st Year 8,520.00 8,220.00 7,890.00 7,650.00 7,380.00 7,170.00 6,900.00
2nd Year 8,720.00 8,395.00 8,040.00 7,775.00 7,480.00 7,270.00 7,000.00
3rd Year 8,920.00 8,570.00 8,190.00 7,900.00 7,580.00 7,370.00 7,100.00
4th Year 9,120.00 8,745.00 8,340.00 8,025.00 7,680.00 7,470.00 7,200.00
5th Year 9,320.00 8,920.00 8,490.00 8,150.00 7,780.00 7,570.00 7,300.00
6th Year 9,520.00 9,095.00 8,640.00 8,275.00 7,880.00 7,670.00 7,400.00
7th Year 9,720.00 9,270.00 8,790.00 8,400.00 7,980.00 7,770.00 7,500.00
8th Year 9,920.00 9,445.00 8,940.00 8,525.00 8,080.00 7,870.00 7,600.00
9th Year 10,120.00 9,620.00 9,090.00 8,650.00 8,180.00 7,970.00 7,700.00
10th Year 10,320.00 9,795.00 9,240.00 8,775.00 8,280.00 8,070.00 7,800.00
11th Year 10,520.00 9,970.00 9,390.00 8,900.00 8,380.00 8,170.00 7,900.00
12th Year 10,720.00 10,145.00 9,540.00 9,025.00 8,480.00 8,270.00 8,000.00
13th Year 10,920.00 10,320.00 9,690.00 9,150.00 8,580.00 8,370.00 8,100.00
14th Year 11,120.00 10,495.00 9,840.00 9,275.00 8,680.00 8,470.00 8,200.00
15th Year 11,320.00 10,670.00 9,990.00 9,400.00 8,780.00 8,570.00 8,300.00
07-539/20
Notification
Nursing Home Trade
Board for the Nursing Home Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto have been
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Nursing Home Trade and set out in the Schedule to the Notification
published in Gazette, No. 104 of 22nd March, 1974, as varied from time to time, and last varied by the Notification
published in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/04 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied by the substitution for Part II of
that Schedule of the following new paragraph :-
Part II
Class of Worker
Grade I
Matrons, Apothecaries
Grade II
Pharmacists, Nursing Sister, Laboratory Technologists, X’ray Technicians.
Grade III
(a) Nurses, Midwives, Store-keepers
(b) Trainee Nurses - 1st year of training
- 2nd year of training
- 3rd year of training
Grade IV
Clerks, Typists, Receptionists, Telephone Operators, Cashiers.
Grade V
Attendants, Dispensers, Surgical Dressers, Stewards, Overseers, Ward Clerks, Diet Clerks.
Grade VI
Orderlies, Peons, Cooks, Watchers, Conservancy Labours.
Grade VII
Linen Room Attendants, Labours, Garden Labours, Sweepers, Pantry Boys.
“Year” in relation to any trainee nurse shall be deemed to consist of twelve months employment.
Minimum Rates of Wages for a month
Year of Grade I Grade II Grade III Grade III Grade IV Grade V Grade VI Grade VII
Employment (A) (B)
Rs. cts Rs. cts Rs. cts Rs. cts Rs. cts Rs. cts Rs. cts Rs. cts
1st Year 8,280 00 8,100 00 7,800 00 5,610 00 7,560 00 7,320 00 7,080 00 6,900 00
2nd Year 8,530 00 8,325 00 8,000 00 5,760 00 7,735 00 7,470 00 7,205 00 7,000 00
3rdYear 8,780 00 8,550 00 8,200 00 5,910 00 7,910 00 7,620 00 7,330 00 7,100 00
4th Year 9,030 00 8,775 00 8,400 00 8,085 00 7,770 00 7,455 00 7,200 00
5th Year 9,280 00 9,000 00 8,600 00 8,260 00 7,920 00 7,580 00 7,300 00
6th Year 9,530 00 9,225 00 8,800 00 8,435 00 8,070 00 7,705 00 7,400 00
7th Year 9,780 00 9,450 00 9,000 00 8,610 00 8,220 00 7,830 00 7,500 00
8th Year 10,030 00 9,675 00 9,200 00 8,785 00 8,370 00 7,955 00 7,600 00
9th Year 10,280 00 9,900 00 9,400 00 8,960 00 8,520 00 8,080 00 7,700 00
10th Year 10,530 00 10,125 00 9,600 00 9,135 00 8,670 00 8,205 00 7,800 00
07-539/21
Notification
JOURNALIST TRADE
Board for the Journalists Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto have been
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Journalist Trade and set out in, the Schedule to the Notification
published in Gazette, No. 411/19 of 25th July, 1986, and last varied by the Notification published in Gazette Extraordinary,
No. 1556/04 of 30th June, 2008 shall be further varied in part (II) of that Schedule by the substitution for the existing part of
the following new part :-
PART II
Class of Workers
Special Grade :
Deputy Editor, Associate Editor, Special Grade Editor, Editor (Daily).
Grade I :
Business Editor, Chief Sub-Editor, Desk Head, Foreign News Editor, Feature Editor, Local News Editor,
News Editor, Sports Editor, Women's Page Editor, Editor (Weekly), Pictures Editor.
Grade II :
Assistant Editor, Chief Photographer, Deputy Desk Head, Feature Writer, Editorial Assistant, Librarian,
Sub-Editor, Cartoonist, Translator, Senior Photographer, Artists.
Grade III :
Library Assistant, Reporter, Photographer, Junior Sub Editor, Proof Reader.
MINIMUM RATES OF WAGES FOR A MONTH
Year of Employment Special Grade Grade I Grade II Grade III

Rs. cts. Rs. cts. Rs.cts. Rs.cts.
1st Year 15,060 00 12,360 00 11,580 00 10,950 00

2nd Year 15,410 00 12,660 00 11,830 00 11,150 00
3rd Year 15,760 00 12,960 00 12,080 00 11,350 00
4th Year 16,110 00 13,260 00 12,330 00 11,550 00
5th Year 16,460 00 13,560 00 12,580 00 11,750 00
6th Year 16,810 00 13,860 00 12,830 00 11,950 00
7th Year 17,160 00 14,160 00 13,080 00 12,150 00
8th Year 17,510 00 14,460 00 13,330 00 12,350 00
9th Year 17,860 00 14,760 00 13,580 00 12,550 00
10th Year 18,210 00 15,060 00 13,830 00 12,750 00
11th Year 15,360 00 14,080 00 12,950 00
12th Year 15,660 00 14,330 00 13,150 00
13th Year 15,960 00 14,580 00 13,350 00
14th Year 16,260 00 14,830 00 13,550 00
15ht Year 16,560 00 15,080 00 13,750 00
Trainees in Grade III - 1st year Rs. 8,225.00.
07-539/22
Notification
WAGES BOARD FOR THE BRICK AND TILE MANUFACTURING TRADE
Board for the Brick and Tile Manufacturing Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule
hereto have been approved by the Hon. Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion.
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Brick and Tile Manufacturing Trade and set out in the Schedule
to the Notification published in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 12617 of 25th August, 1961, as varied from time to time and last
varied by the Notification published in Gazette Extraordinary,0 No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied by the
substitution of the following new part for existing Part II of that Schedule.
PART II
The minimum daily rates of wages and minimum monthly rates of wages for time work applicable to the classes of
workers of the Brick and Tile Manufacturing Trade shall be the rates set out hereunder.
CLASS OF WORKERS
Skilled Workers - Grade I

Press Feeders (Machine) Firemen engaged in the kiln (burners).
Skilled Workers - Grade II

Press Feeders (hand), Setters engaged in leading of stacking the titles inside the kiln for baking, sorting.
Semi-Skilled Workers
Winch men, Block cutters, Tiles Lab oiler and Polisher, Trimmers, Green tile sorters, workers engaged in stacking tile
in vehicle for transport.
Unskilled workers
Workers engaged in mixing and tempering clay, truck fillers, clay men, block carriers, workers engaged in stacking
tiles on racks, workers engaged in sun drying tiles, workers engaged in helping sorters, workers engaged in helping green tile
sorters, firewood carriers, pug mill feeders, workers engaged in removing baked tiles from kiln, workers engaged in stacking
tiles, workers engaged in moving block and clay to presses or other parts of the store, workers engaged in loading or stacking
tiles inside the kiln for baking.
Rate of Wages for a Normal Working Day
Column I Column II
Class of worker Rates
Rs. cts.
Skilled Workers — Grade I 330. 00

Skilled Workers — Grade II 312. 00
Semi- Skilled workers 294. 00
Un-Skilled workers 276. 00
Minimum Rate of wages for month
Rs. cts. Rs. cts Rs. cts Rs. cts Rs. cts
Skilled Workers - Grade I 8,250 00 8,425 00 8,600 00 8,775 00 8,950 00

Skiled Workers - Grade II 7,800 00 7,950 00 8,100 00 8,250 00 8,400 00
Semi-skilled workers 7,350 00 7,475 00 7,600 00 7,725 00 7,850 00
Un-skilled workers 6,900 00 7,000 00 7,100 00 7,200 00 7,300 00
07-539/23

Notification
WAGES BOARD FOR THE MATCH MANUFACTURING TRADE
Board for the Match Manufacturing Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto
have been approved by the Hon. Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion.
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Match Manufacturing Trade and set out in, the schedule
to the notification published in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 9708 of 30th May, 1947 as varied from time to time and lastly
varied by the notification published in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further
varied by the substitution of the following new part for part II of that schedule.
PART II
THE MINIMUM RATE OF WAGES FOR TIME WORK
The minimum rate of wages for Time Work for a normal working day applicable to workers in column I, shall be at the
rates set out in the corresponding entry in column II.
Column I Column II
Class of worker Rate Per Day
Rs. cts.
Grade I
Splint Chopping by machine driver, peeling splints, rims, outside veneers and bottom 304.20
veneers by machine drivers, sharpening knives and tools by machine driver, filling
frames by machine driver, frictioning by machine driver mixing, composition for match
heads by mixer, paper slitting by machine driver, the work of an overseer or kangany,
box filling by machine driver.
Grade II
Cross-cutting by hand, cross-cutting by machine driver, splint levelling, cutting outside, 292.50
rim and bottom veneers by cutter, inner box making by machine, sharpening knives
and tools by machine by helper, paraffining by hand emptying frames, side-painting of
boxes, checking filled boxes, Band-rolling by machine driver, mixing composition for
painting sides of boxes, outer box making by machine, feeding boxes by machine for
box filling, dipping sticks in chemical composition by hand.
Grade III
The work (in the match manufacturing trade) of all workers not specified in Grade I, or 280.80
Grade II, above other than the work of a watcher.
Grade IV
The work of a watcher. 304.20
07-539/24
Notification
WAGES BOARD FOR THE HOTEL AND CATERING TRADE
Wages Board for the Hotel and Catering Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule
hereto have been approved by the Hon. Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion.
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Hotel and Catering Trade and set out in the schedule
to the notification published in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 34 of 27th April, 1979 as varied from time to time and last
varied by the notification published in Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1564/12 of 28th August, 2008, shall be further
varied as follows:
The minimum monthly rates of wages for time work applicable to the Workers of the below - mentioned classes of the
Hotel and Catering Trade shall be the rates set out in Table 1.
Class of Workers
Grade I
Assistant Room Boy, Cloak Room Attendant, Cloak Room Nanny, Bed Room Labourers, Cleaners, Lounge Labourers,
Bed Room (conservancy) Labourers, conservancy Labourers, Office Boy, Office Labourers, Store Labourers, Cycle Orderly,
Kitchen Cleaner, Kitchen Helpers, Dish Washers, Kitchen Labourers, Porter, Pantry Boy, Helper, Plate Room
Boy, Glass Room Boy, Silver Room Boy, Bar Labourers, Utility Workers, Garden Labourers/helper, Unskilled
Maintenance Labourers.
Grade II
Room Boy, Housemen, Room Maid, Linen Room Attendent, Room Nanny, Peons, Messenger, Checkers,
Bell Boy, Page Boy, Lift Boy, Doorman, Baggage Lift Operators, Pass Lift Operators, Assistant Waiter, Assistant Steward,
Bus Boy, Assistant Bar Tender, Assistant Barman, Billiard Marker, Life Guard, Laundry Assistant, Gardener,
Pool Attendant, Semi-skilled Maintenance Labourer.
Grade III
Seamstress, Tailors Masseurs, Clerk Grade III, Stores Assistant, Drivers, Bar Cashiers, Bill Clerk, General
Clerk, Personnel Clerk, Snack Bar Cook, Sweet Maker, Assistant Cook, 3rd Kitchen Commis, Assistant Baker, Pantry Men,
Cook Grade III, Assistant Bell Captain, Hall Porter, Waiter, Barman, Steward Bar Waiter, Bar Steward, Security Guard,
Head Gardener, Skilled Maintenance Labourer, Bar Tender.
Grade IV
Health Club Receiptionist, Clerk Grade II, Assistant Store-Keeper, Stores Clerk, Assistant Night Auditor,
Time Keeper, Cardex Assistant Accounts Clerk, Assistant Book Keeper, Cost Clerk, Credit Clerk, Sales Ledger Clerk, Wages
Clerk, Typist, Cashier, General Assistant, Personnel Assistant, Assistant Head Cook, 2nd Kitchen Commis, Baker,
Section Head Cook, Cook Grade II, Telephone Operator, Receiptionist, Bell Captain, Head Porter, Room Service,
Order Taker, Buttler, Head Barman, Head Bar Keeper, Head Waiter, Head Steward, Captain Hostess, Head Pantryman,
Tea Maker, Security Leader, Senior Laundry Assistant.
Grade V
Floor Supervisor, Linen Room Supervisor, Nurses, Assistant House Keeper, Clerk Grade I, Store-Keeper, Head
Accounts Clerk, Shroff, Book-Keeper, Night Auditor, Income Auditor, Stenographer, Chief Clerk, Chief Cashier, Auditor,
Purchasing Assistant, Chief Time-Keeper, Kitchen Steward Supervisor, First Kitchen Commis, Head Cook, Staff Cook,
Restaurant Cook, Front Office Clerk, Airport Representative, Head Receptionist, Chief Telex Operator, Chief Telephone
Operator, Reservation Clerk, Supervisor, Disc-Jockey Manager, Security Shift Leader, Garden Supervisor, Engineering Charge
Hand, Swimming Pool Supervisors.
TABLE I
The Minimum rate of Wages for a Month
Year or Employment Class of Workers
Grade I Grade II Grade III Grade IV Grade V

1st year 6,900.00 7,200.00 7,500.00 7,800.00 8,100.00

2nd year 7,000.00 7,325.00 7,650.00 7,975.00 8,300.00
3rd year 7,100.00 7,450.00 7,800.00 8,150.00 8,500.00
4th year 7,200.00 7,575.00 7,950.00 8,325.00 8,700.00
5th year 7,300.00 7,700.00 8,100.00 8,500.00 8,900.00
6th year 7,400.00 7,825.00 8,250.00 8,675.00 9,100.00
7th year 7,500.00 7,950.00 8,400.00 8,850.00 9,300.00
8th year 7,600.00 8,075.00 8,550.00 9,025.00 9,500.00
9th year 7,700.00 8,200.00 8,700.00 9,200.00 9,700.00
10th year 7,800.00 8,325.00 8,850.00 9,375.00 9,900.00
07-539/25
Notification
PADDY HULLING TRADE
Board for the Paddy Hulling Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto have been
approved by the Honourable Minister of Labour Relations and Productivity Promotion.
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo 05,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Paddy Hulling Trade and set out in the Schedule to the Notification
published in Gazette, No. 14950 of 19th March, 1971 as varied from time to time and last varied by Notification
published in the Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of 30th June 2008, should be further varied by the substitution
of the following new part for Part II of that Schedule.
PART II
WAGES
The minimum rate of wages for time work applicable to a worker (Male and Female) shall be Rs. 400.00 per day.
07-539/26
Notification
WAGES BOARD FOR THE CINEMA TRADE
Board for the Cinema Trade made under section 30 of that Ordinance and specified in the Schedule hereto have been
MAHINDA MADIHAHEWA,
Secretary,
Colombo,
29th June, 2010.
SCHEDULE
The decisions made by the Wages Board for the Cinema Trade and set out in the Schedule to the Notification
published in Gazette extraordinery, No. 9961 of 30th March, 1949, as varied from time to time and last varied by the
Notification in the Gazette Extraordinary, No. 1556/4 of 30th June, 2008, shall be further varied, by the substitutin of the
following new part for Part I of that Schedule.
PART I
The minimum monthly rate of wages for time work applicable to the following classes of workers engaged in work
within and outside the Municipal Area in the Cinema Trade shall be the rates set-out in Table I and II below.
Class of Workers
A-Non -Clerical
Un-skilled :
Advertisement Cart Puller, Advertisement or poster boy, Bathroom boy, car or cycle park attendant, chocolate boy,
Cleaner, Cloakroom boy, Cleaner, Conservancy Labourer, Garden Labourer, Gate Keeper, Hall boy, Peon, Sandwich boy, soft
drinks keeper, Uskilled labourer, Usher, Ushertte, Waiter, Watcher (Day) Watcher (Night).
Semi Skilled :
Assistant Bar-Keeper, Assistant Engine Driver, Checker, Cook Grade II (lower), Rewinder, Telephone Operator, third
Assistant Operator.
Skilled - Grade II
Assistant Operator, Bar keeper, Carpenter, Cook - Grade I (higher), Electrician - Grade II, Film room repairer, - Grade
II, Non-synch Operator, Second Assistant Operator, Supervisor or Head Checker, Tent Master, Wireman, Fireman.
Skilled - Grade I
Head operator Grade I Armature winder, Electrician - Grade I, Engine Driver, Film room reparer - Grade I, Tent Maker.
B - Clerical
Grade III
Advertisement Clerk, Assistant Cashier Clerk, Despatch and Clearing Clerk, Advance Booking Clerk,
Booking Clerk.
Grade II
Advertisement manager, Cashier Clerk, Clerk (Accounts and General ) Typist, Wharf Clerk, Store-keeper, Book-
keeper.
Grade I
Head Clerk.
Others
Manager, Assistant Manager.
Table I
Within the Municipal Area
Class of worker Minimum Rates of Wages for a month - Year of Employment

1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year 5th Year
A non - clerical
Un-skilled : 7,080 00 7,205 00 7,330 00 7,455 00 7,580 00
Semi-skilled 7,375 00 7,500 00 7,625 00 7,750 00 7,875 00
Skilled - Grade II 7,790 00 7,940 00 8,090 00 8,240 00 8,390 00
Skilled - Grade I 8,500 00 8,675 00 8,850 00 9,025 00 9,200 00
B - Clerical
Head Clerk 8,260 00 8,435 00 8,610 00 8,785 00 8,960 00
Grade III 7,375 00 7,500 00 7,625 00 7,750 00 7,875 00
Grade II 7,770 00 7,920 00 8,070 00 8,220 00 8,370 00
Grade I
Others
Manager 8,790 00 8,965 00 9,140 00 9,315 00 9,490 00

Assistant Manager 7,680 00 7,805 00 7,930 00 8,055 00 8,180 00
Table II
Outside the Municipal Area
Class of worker Minimum Rates of Wages for a month - Year of Employment

1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year 5th Year
A non - clerical
Un-skilled : 7,140 00 7,265 00 7,390 00 7,515 00 7,640 00

Semi-skilled 7,435 00 7,560 00 7,685 00 7,810 00 7,935 00
Skilled - Grade II 7,850 00 8,000 00 8,150 00 8,300 00 8,450 00
Skilled - Grade I 8,555 00 8,730 00 8,905 00 9,080 00 9,255 00
B - Clerical
Grade III 7,435 00 7,560 00 7,685 00 7,810 00 7,935 00
Grade II 7,435 00 7,585 00 7,735 00 7,885 00 8,035 00
Grade I
Head Clerk 8,110 00 8,285 00 8,460 00 8,635 00 8,810 00
Others
Manager 8,645 00 8,820 00 8,995 00 9,170 00 9,345 00
Assistant Manager 7,500 00 7,650 00 7,800 00 7,950 00 8,100 00
07-539/27
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PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL

THE COCONUT GROWING TRADE

THE WAGES BOARDS ORDINANCE

SEMI - SKILLED WORKERS

Radio and Electronic Engineering

TRADE LEARNERS AND APPRENTICES

Minimum Rate of Wages for a Month

Year of Un-skilled Semi Skilled Skilled Watchers Trade Learners

THE WAGES BOARDS ORDINANCE

Class ‘B’ workers

Class ‘C’ workers

Class ‘D’ workers

Class ‘E’ workers

Class ‘F’ workers

1st Year 8,100 00 7,800 00 7,500 00 7,200 00 6,900 00

Trade Learners and Apprentices

Year of Employment ‘A’ Class ‘B’ Class ‘C’ Class

1st Year 6,670 00 6,440 00 6,210 00

THE WAGES BOARDS ORDINANCE

TEA EXPORT TRADE

Minimum Rates of Wages for a Month

Year of Grade II Intermediate Grade I Watchers

1st Year 6,900 00 7,200 00 7,500 00 6,900 00

THE WAGES BOARDS ORDINANCE

WAGES BOARD FOR THE RUBBER EXPORT TRADE

Minimum Rate of Wages for a Month

Stage Grade II Intermediate Grade I Watcher

1st Year 6,900 00 7,200 00 7,500 00 6,900 00

6th Year 7,400 00 7,825 00 8,250 00 7,400 00

THE WAGES BOARDS ORDINANCE

LIQUOR AND VINEGAR TRADE

Tapping Coconut, Kithul or Palmyrah palms for supplying toddy to taverns :

Tapping Coconut, Kithul or Palmyrah 13 75

Tapping spathes for supplying toddy to distrilleries 1778 75

For not more than 80 palms7,140 0

THE WAGES BOARDS ORDINANCE

WAGES BOARD FOR THE BUILDING TRADE

Minimum Rate of Wages for time Work

Unskilled Workers - 325.00

Minimum rate of Wages for Month

Unskilled 8,125.00 8,225.00 8,325.00 8,425.00 8,525.00

BEEDI MANUFACTURING TRADE

The Minimum Rates of Wages for Piece Work

THE WAGES BOARDS ORDINANCE

WAGES BOARD FOR THE BAKING TRADE

Minimum Rates of Wages for a Month

Year of Employment ‘A’ Class ‘B’ Class ‘C’ Class

1st Year 8,100 00 7,500 00 6,900 00

THE WAGES BOARDS ORDINANCE

COIR MATTRESS AND BRISTLE FIBRE EXPORT TRADE

WAGES FOR PIECE RATE WORK

1st Year 1,008 00 999 60 672 00 1,126 80 1,112 40

10th Year 1,066 50 1,051 80 1,122 00 1,179 00 1,164 60

Minimum Rate of Wages for Time Work

Year of Employment Grade II Intermediate Grade I Head Bailing

1st Year 6,900 00 7,200 00 7,800 00 7,500 00