HAN Asks Govt Not to Implement New Minimum Wage in Hotel Industry 

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HAN Asks Govt Not to Implement New Minimum Wage in Hotel Industry 

June 16: Hotel Association of Nepal (HAN) has urged the government not to implement the new minimum salary in the hotel industry. 

Meeting the newly appointed Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Bimal Prasad Shrivastav on Wednesday, HAN President Shreejana Rana and First Vice President Binayak Shah said that the hotel industry, which has been battered by the Covid-19, is not in position to implement the new minimum salary as fixed by the government recently.

Earlier in May, the government had published the notice of revised minimum monthly salary for workers in Nepal Gazette. The minimum salary was raised to Rs 15,000 per month from Rs 13,450.  

“At a time when hotels are not able to pay salaries to their employees as per the present scale , the hotel industry is not in the position to implement the new minimum wage. So, this should not be implemented in the hotel industry,” read the statement of the HAN issued after the meeting. 

According to the statement, the HAN also asked the government to treat the hotel industry as a highly affected sector from the Covid-19 and provide additional support and facilities to attract them toward the Social Security Fund (SSF). 

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