Bangladesh recently issued a gazette notification fixing the minimum monthly wage of readymade garment (RMG) factory workers at Tk 8,000. The new rate for around four million workers is a 51 per cent more than Tk 5,300, the wage set on December 1, 2013. State minister for labour Mohammad Mujibul Haque had announced the new wage structure on September 13.
The new structure will have seven grades for garment factory workers and four for other employees, according to the gazette.Bangladesh recently issued a gazette notification fixing the minimum monthly wage of readymade garment (RMG) factory workers at Tk 8,000. The new rate for around four million workers is a 51 per cent more than Tk 5,300, the wage set on December 1, 2013. State minister for labour Mohammad Mujibul Haque had announced the new wage structure on September 13.#
Besides different basic pays and house rents, Tk 600 medical allowance, Tk 350 for conveyance and Tk 900 food allowance are included in the minimum wages, according to Bangladesh media reports.
The minimum basic pay for the seventh grade is Tk 4,100 and house rent Tk 2,050. Including allowances for medical, conveyance and food, it is Tk 8,000. The minimum pay for grade-1 workers is Tk 17,510. (DS)
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