S.O. 454(E). Code on Wages: supervisors earning above ₹18,000 a month are not workers

Made under section 2(z) of the Code on Wages, 2019Figures and ratesNotified 30 Jan 2026 by the Central Government, Gazette CG-DL-E-31012026-269705 (published 31 Jan 2026)

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MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 30th January, 2026
S.O. 454(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (d) of clause (z) of section 2 of the Code on Wages, 2019 (29 of 2019), the Central Government hereby notifies that, for the purposes of sub-clause (d), the wage ceiling or limit for a person employed in a supervisory capacity referred to in said sub-clause shall be eighteen thousand rupees per month; and accordingly, a person employed in a supervisory capacity and drawing the wages exceeding eighteen thousand rupees per month shall be excluded from the definition of “worker” under the said clause.
[F. No. P-11011/01/2025-WC]
DEEPIKA KACHHAL, Jt. Secy.

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Cited in the section notes on Section 2 of the Code on Wages