The increment will be effective from December 1 this year and will reflect in January.
Readymade garment (RMG) industry workers in Bangladesh will receive a 9-per cent hike in wages, the country’s labour and employment adviser M Sakhawat Hussain announced yesterday.
The increment will be effective from December 1 this year and will reflect in January.
Hussain said the increment will be effective until the government or the Minimum Wage Board announces a new minimum wage.
Hussain said the increment will be effective until the government or the Minimum Wage Board announces a new minimum wage, adding that the previously set 5 per cent annual pay increment fixed by the Board will remain in place, according to domestic media reports.
Any worker who is scheduled to receive a yearly increment in December will enjoy the additional increase. Those not supposed to get an increment in December will still get a 4 per cent rise in their wages.
Labour union leaders said the 4-per cent additional increment is not enough keeping in view rising costs and inflation.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)
