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DHAKA: The Minimum Wage Board has held its second meeting to recommend minimum wage rates for workers and employees of all categories in the country’s readymade garment (RMG) sector.
The meeting began at 11am on Monday (November 9) at the board’s conference room in Segunbagicha, Dhaka.
According to relevant sources, two more members will be included in the Wage Board at Monday’s meeting. Both the owners’ and workers’ representatives will also submit separate written proposals on the proposed minimum monthly wages for garment workers.
The Industrial Wing of the Minimum Wage Board under the Ministry of Labour and Employment announced the second meeting on Sunday (November 8).
The agenda includes separate written proposals on wage rates from representatives of garment workers and employers, as well as discussions on recommending minimum wage rates for workers and employees of all categories in the garment sector.
Earlier, amid protests by garment workers, the government formed a six-member Minimum Wage Board on November 1 to revise their wages. The Ministry of Labour and Employment subsequently published a gazette notification on the same day announcing the formation of the board.
