Minimum Wages vs. Take-Home Pay: Can Legal Minimums Be Lower Than Salaries?

What are the minimum wages? Do we have a situation where an employee's minimum wage can be less than their take-home salary as per the law? Please advise.

Dear Param,

For each state, minimum wages are different, which are declared by the state government through notification gazettes. You can view a copy of the same from simpliance.com. Additionally, the salary mentioned in the minimum wages notification is the gross salary; thus, you need to maintain it accordingly.

Thank you.

From the MW employer is permitted under the Act, certain items that can be deducted from gross MW payable subject to section 7.(3) of payment of wages Act.

Corrected: The employer is permitted, under the Act, to deduct certain items from the gross minimum wage payable, subject to section 7(3) of the Payment of Wages Act.