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Work","work",{"title":20,"slug":21},"Minimum Wages","minimum-wage",{"title":23,"slug":24},"Minimum Wages per Country","countries",{"title":26,"slug":27},"Sri Lanka","sri-lanka",{"title":6,"slug":5},{"title":6,"description":8,"image":30,"canonical":31,"robots":32,"og_type":33,"twitter_card":34,"locale":11,"created_at":35,"last_modified_at":36},"https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FSocial_media_preview_image_-_2025.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x630.png","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fwork\u002Fminimum-wage\u002Fcountries\u002Fsri-lanka\u002Fminimum-wage-rates-in-sri-lanka\u002F","index, follow","website","summary_large_image","1969-12-31T00:00:00+01:00","2026-04-02T22:35:39.675059+02:00",[38],{"type":39,"data":40},"raw_html_block",{"content":41,"variant":42},"\u003Cp>According to legislation to be presented in Parliament shortly, the national minimum monthly wage for all workers in any industry or service will be Rs. 10,000, while the national minimum daily wage of a worker will be Rs. 400. Once the law is enacted, it will be mandatory for employers in all industry or service to pay the national minimum wage which should be the wage of a worker after deduction of all contributions of whatsoever nature. The law will come into operation with retrospective effect from January 1, 2016.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ctable class=\"plain\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Cth class=\"xl63\">Industry\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003Cth class=\"xl63\">Worker Category\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003Cth class=\"xl63\">Minimum wages \u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">Plantation Sector \u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\"> \u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">380 per day\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\"> \u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">Plus Attendance Bonus\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">105 per day\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\"> \u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">Plus productivity incentive\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">30 per day\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\"> Industrial Sector\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">Unskilled\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">6500-7500 per month\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\"> \u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">Semi Skilled\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">7000-8000 per month\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\"> \u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">Skilled\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">7500-9500 per month\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">Service Sector \u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">Unskilled\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">6500-7500 per month\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\"> \u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">Semi Skilled\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">7500-8000 per month\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\"> \u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">Skilled\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd class=\"xl64\">8400-9500 per month\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>NOTE:\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>Overtime is paid at One and Half times the normal hourly rate of wage.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Holiday pay for work on weekends (Sundays) and public holidays is paid for at a higher rate 1 1\u002F2 times the daily rate or double the rate of remuneration.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Bonuses e.g. project, attendance, festival would vary from company to company.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>","light",{"text":44,"link":45},"Contact 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Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]