SC puts plantation sector wage hike on hold
The Supreme Court has issued an interim injunction preventing the implementation of the Gazette on increasing the daily minimum wage of Estate Sector workers.
Tte interim injunction was issued after granting leave to proceed with a petition that had been filed challenging the minimum wage hike.
The order was issued by a three-member Supreme Court bench consisting of Justices Gamini Amarasekara, Kumuduni Wickramasinghe and Janak de Silva.
The petition had been filed by several plantation companies against the wage hike for estate sector workers.