The International Labor Organisation has defined minimum wages as the lowest basic wage guaranteed by law as an attempt to put a floor under the wages of a particular subgroup of the working population, that is, the working poor.In Article 7 of the ILO Convention no 131 on minimum wage fixing (1970) and its accompanying recommendation no 135, specify that the Minimum wage should not be fixed at a lower rate than one which would ensure the subsistence of the worker and his or her family.