RMG workers' minimum wage finalized at Tk 12,500
Staff Correspondent
The Minimum Wages Board on Sunday finalised Tk 12,500 as the minimum monthly salary for garment workers.
The total number of pay grades has also been reduced to four from the existing five grades and the wages were slightly increased.
Chairman of the Minimum Wage Board Liaquat Ali Molla announced the final wage structure at a press conference held at the labour ministry's secretariat office in the capital after the board's 7th meeting on Sunday.
Earlier, the board had decreased the number of salary grades from seven to five on November 7.
Five grades were proposed in the draft of the wage structure, but after consultation with the board members it got reduced to four.
In the meeting, among the five grades, Grade-4 was merged with Grade-3. So, now the final pay was unchanged for Grade-3 but raised for Grade-4, and it has been revised to Tk13,550 which was previously Tk13,025.
Similarly, Grade-2 has been increased from Tk14,150 to Tk14,273 and Grade-1 has been increased from Tk14,750 to Tk15,035.
Earlier, the minimum wage was increased by 56% to Tk12,500 in the lowest grade among the five grades.
Rejecting this, a number of workers took to the streets and a total of four people were killed during protests over the wage, including two people in a clash with the police.
