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3. Inclusion of the budgetary relief allowances in the national minimum monthly wage

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For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that -

(a)

the budgetary relief allowances payable as at

March 31, 2025, under the provisions of the

Budgetary Relief Allowance of Workers Act,

No. 36 of 2005, the Budgetary Relief Allowance of Workers Act, No. 4 of 2016, or both, shall form part of the national minimum monthly or daily wage specified in section 2 payable to all workers in any industry or service; and

(b)

the wage of any worker who, as at March 31,

2025, received a wage that included the budgetary relief allowances under the provisions of the

Budgetary Relief Allowance of Workers Act,

No. 36 of 2005, the Budgetary Relief Allowance of Workers Act, No. 4 of 2016, or both such Acts, shall, from the date of commencement of this Act, consolidate such allowances as part of such wage of such worker.

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