Minimum wage claims jurisdiction assigned to Regional Labour Commissioners across India under the Minimum Wages Act The Central Government appoints specified Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) as authorities under section 20 of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 to hear and decide claims for payment of less than minimum wages, remuneration for rest days or work on rest days, and overtime wages. The notification assigns territorial jurisdiction to each authority across states, districts and union territories, and supersedes the earlier appointment notification of 2014, subject to things done or omitted before such supersession.