Salary hike for garment workers under revised wage structure

As a result of ongoing movement of garment workers and following consensus of all associated the government has decided to adjust the wage in number 3, 4 and 5 grades for interest of the workers. The revised wage structure will be showed active from December last and will be adjusted with the salaries of workers from next February.

State Minister of Labor and Employment Munnujan Sufian announced the wage structure at the conference room of the ministry on Sunday afternoon. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, Labor and Employment Secretary Afroza Khan and others concerned were present at that time.

After the adjustment in wage structure, in the first grade the salary increases by 5 thousand 257 taka and stands at 18 thousand 257 taka, in second grade it increases by 4 thousand 516 taka and stands at 15 thousand 416 taka, I third grade it increases by 3 thousand 40 taka and stands at 9 thousand 845 taka. Besides, in fourth grade the salary increases by 2 thousand 927 taka and stands at 9 thousand 347 taka, in fifth grade it increases by 2 thousand 833 taka and stands at 8 thousand 875 taka, in sixth grade it increases by 2 thousand 742 taka and stands at 8 thousand 420 taka. In the seventh grade the salary is kept at eight thousand taka like it was mentioned the gazette. In the declared wage structure of 2013 the lowest grade salary was 5 thousand 300 taka.

After the instruction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to increase wages of apparel workers in a logical rate, the decision was taken by the ministry of labor and employment. In this way, following the final decision salaries for the workers have increased in six grades out of seven grades.

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