1989) made under the Reform Institutions Act 1988; and Standing Order No. 16 of the Prisons Service. 28. The National Remuneration Board (NRB), set up under section 90 of the Employment Relations Act 2008 (EReA), is responsible for making recommendations on minimum remuneration and other terms and conditions of employment for workers in the private sector. The NRB remains guided by the principles outlined at Section 97 of the EReA (Annex I) and ensures that wage determination, job appellations and classifications are based on the principle of “equal remuneration for work of equal value”, as outlined in ILO Convention No. 100. Sections4 and 20 of the Employment Rights Act (ERiA) ensures the application of the principle of equality between men and women, including persons with disabilities regarding the issue of remuneration and provides necessary safeguards and protection respectively regarding labour rights, indistinctively and indiscriminately to all workers. Under section 20, Where an employer has recourse to the services of a job contractor, the job contractor shall ensure that the remuneration of any worker shall not be less favourable than that of another worker performing work of equal value. 29. The differential rates between male and female workers in the salt-manufacturing Industry no longer exist. With effect from 01 December 2016, the basic wages of female workers were realigned at par with that of male workers. 30. The National Minimum Wage was set at Rs 8,140 per month as from 01 January 2018 and it applies indiscriminately to all workers, including workers employed in Export Oriented Enterprises sector. Part-time workers are entitled to same on a pro-rata basis. Migrant workers are also entitled to the minimum wage. Every employer shall pay remuneration to a worker at monthly intervals, unless the parties agree to payment at shorter intervals. 31. The Employment Rights Act also provides that a child below the age of 16 cannot enter into an employment contract, and that an employer shall not keep on employment a young person where the work is of such a nature, or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to jeopardise the health, safety, physical, mental, moral or social development of the young person. 32. Under this Act, the normal day’s work of a worker (other than a part-time worker or a watchperson) consists of 8 hours’ actual work. A worker and an employer can agree that the worker works in excess of the stipulated hours without added remuneration, if the number of hours covered in a fortnight does not exceed 90 hours, or such lesser number of hours as may be specified in such agreement. A worker is entitled to a rest day of at least 24 consecutive hours in every period of 7 consecutive days. Every worker shall be entitled to a rest of not less than 11 consecutive hours in any day. Every employer is, unless otherwise agreed, entitled to a meal break of one hour not later than 4 consecutive hours of work and one tea break of at least 20 minutes or 63