Tk5,300 finalized as minimum wage

The Wage Board on Thursday finalized the decision of minimum wage Tk5,300 for readymade garments workers at entry-level but the worker’s demand to increase basic salary was ignored.

The decision was come up through the meeting with wage board members, garments owners and workers’ representatives started at around 11:30am. According to the decision, the minimum salary was fixed at Tk5,300 but basic salary Tk2000 was not hiked. With Wage Board Chairman AK Roy in the chair, Arshad Jamal Dipu on behalf of garments owners and Sirajul Islam Rony on behalf of workers and others were present in the meeting. Earlier on November 4, the draft of minimum wage Tk5,300 was approved by the board. On June 3, the government formed an 8-member wage board to re-fix the minimum wage for readymade garments workers.