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Bangladesh Has Greatly Increased Garment Industry Wages

2010/8/14 18:22:00 30

According to Bangladesh media NEW AGE recently reported that Bangladesh government has announced the revision of the domestic

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The wage structure system of industrial workers is the result of the unanimous discussion of the three party minimum wage board.

However, workers will have to wait for 3 months at least to enjoy the new salary, because employers need time to re sign labor contracts with workers.

The news was announced by Khandaker Mosharraf Hossian, Minister of labor at Bangladesh, at a recent press conference, including the chairman of the Remuneration Committee Ikteder Ahmed, AK Azad, chairman of the Bangladesh Federation of Commerce and industry (FBCCI), Abdus Salam Salam, chairman of Bangladesh garment manufacturing export association (BGMEA), and Chairman of Bangladesh knitwear producer and exporter Association (Chairman).

According to the new wage structure system, from November this year, the minimum wage of workers will be raised from the minimum wage of 1662 Taka (about 166 yuan) in 2006 to a minimum of 3000 Taka (about 300 yuan).

It is reported that the new wage structure is divided into 7 levels and the seventh level is the minimum wage level.

The sixth tier salary will rise from 1851 Taka to 3210 Taka, and the fifth level salary will rise from 2046 Taka to 3455 Taka. The fourth grade salary will rise from 2250 Taka to 3763 Taka, third grade salary will rise from 2449 Taka to that of Taka, and the wage will rise from Taka to ttaka, and the salary will rise from Taka to tuctaka.

The new wage structure will take effect 14 days after the announcement is made in the official gazette of the government.

During this period,

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Either party of the employer or worker can raise objections to the board of directors.

During the signing of the agreement, factory owners visited the government and the wage board, hoping to delay the implementation of the new wage policy for 4 months and seek new industrial stimulus policies.

Finally, the government agreed to delay the implementation of the new wage system for 3 months.

The Minister of labor said the new wage system should have been implemented second weeks before September, so that garment industry workers celebrate the arrival of Muslim fast breaking Festival.

Garment industry workers also said that due to the delay in the implementation of the wage system, 25 million workers will not be able to get paid wages and holiday bonus during the festival.

Industry analysts pointed out that the delay in 3 months of wage increases would save the factory owners about 20 billion Tucca funds.

The factory owner said that the product cost was based on the current wage level.

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And measured, so they need time to renegotiate export prices with foreign importers.

The chairman of the Bangladesh garment manufacturing export association (BGMEA) believes that the rise in wages is not the worst thing for industrial employers, relative to the decline in product prices caused by the global recession and the impact of energy and electricity shortages on normal production.

But he also said that these adverse factors have put pressure on factory owners to raise wages for workers.

The representative of the "garment workers solidarity forum", one of Bangladesh's leading clothing trade unions, pointed out that workers do not accept the minimum wage of 3000 tucas.

Therefore, in the past 6 months, the three party salary Board representing the government has come to mediate the 14 rounds of negotiations between workers and employers.

Industry employers say the new wage system will reduce their profits and make Bangladesh's apparel industry face difficulties in global competition.