Wage board's second meeting on garment workers' minimum wage on 9 November in Segunbagicha

The Minimum Wage Board will hold its second meeting on 9 November to formulate recommendations for setting the minimum wage for all classes of workers and employees in the readymade garment industry. The information was given in a notice issued on Thursday (5 November) by the industry branch of the Minimum Wage Board under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, BSS reported.

According to the notice, the meeting will be held on Monday (9 November) at 11am in the meeting room of the Minimum Wage Board at 40, Segunbagicha in the capital. It will be chaired by the board's chairman, District and Sessions Judge Syed Azad Subhani.

The main agenda of the meeting, to be held under Section 139 of the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006, includes the separate submission of written proposals on the minimum wage rate by the workers' and employers' representatives of the garment industry. The formulation of recommendations on the minimum wage rate for all classes of workers and employees in the industry will also be discussed.

Professor Dr Mosleh Uddin Ahmad of the University of Dhaka's Department of Public Administration, as the board's neutral member, Asif Ayub, joint secretary general of the Bangladesh Employers' Federation, as the employers' representative member, and Anwar Hossain, president of the Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal, as the workers' representative member, have been requested to attend the meeting.

In addition, ABM Shamsuddin, a board member representing the garment industry owners and a director of BGMEA, has been specially requested to submit a wage-rate proposal at the meeting.

The notice, signed by Minimum Wage Board Secretary Raisa Afroze, requested the concerned members to attend the meeting at the scheduled time.