Government has announced minimum wages of garment workers. This wage has been announced for the minimum of Tk. 8000 (Eight) thousand BDT. Labor and Employment Minister Mujibul Haque Chunnu announced the wage of the emergency press conference in the Ministry of Labor and Employment in the Secretariat on Thursday (September 13th-2018)
The government formed a wage board for garment workers on January 14 this year. With the permanent four members of the garment factory owners’ organization, BGMEA president and one representative of the workers, this wage board has set the wages considering overall consideration.
Earlier, on 7 November 2013, the Gazette was published by fixing the minimum wage of garments workers Tk 5,300. This wage is effective from December of that year.
| Garments Year Wise wages Impact | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| Grade | Gazette | Others Allowances | HR | Basic |
| Grade-1 | 13,000 | 1,100 | 3,400 | 8,500 |
| Grade-2 | 10,900 | 1,100 | 2,800 | 7,000 |
| Grade-3 | 6,805 | 1,100 | 1,630 | 4,075 |
| Grade-4 | 6,420 | 1,100 | 1,520 | 3,800 |
| Grade-5 | 6,042 | 1,100 | 1,412 | 3,530 |
| Grade-6 | 5,678 | 1,100 | 1,308 | 3,270 |
| Grade-7 | 5,300 | 1,100 | 1,200 | 3,000 |
| 2018 | ||||
| Grade | Gazette | Others Allowances | HR | Basic |
| Grade-1 | 17,510 | 1,850 | 5,220 | 10,440 |
| Grade-2 | 14,630 | 1,850 | 4,260 | 8,520 |
| Grade-3 | 9,590 | 1,850 | 2,580 | 5,160 |
| Grade-4 | 9,245 | 1,850 | 2,465 | 4,930 |
| Grade-5 | 8,855 | 1,850 | 2,335 | 4,670 |
| Grade-6 | 8,405 | 1,850 | 2,185 | 4,370 |
| Grade-7 | 8,000 | 1,850 | 2,050 | 4,100 |
| 2019 (13/01/2019) | ||||
| Grade | Gazette | Others Allowances | HR | Basic |
| Grade-1 | 18,257 | 1,850 | 5,469 | 10,938 |
| Grade-2 | 15,416 | 1,850 | 4,522 | 9,044 |
| Grade-3 | 9,845 | 1,850 | 2,665 | 5,330 |
| Grade-4 | 9,347 | 1,850 | 2,499 | 4,998 |
| Grade-5 | 8,875 | 1,850 | 2,342 | 4,683 |
| Grade-6 | 8,420 | 1,850 | 2,190 | 4,380 |
| Grade-7 | 8,000 | 1,850 | 2,050 | 4,100 |
So, how to calculate factory wages for recent announcement by the Government Labor and Employment Minister Mujibul Haque Chunnu. The below calculation are each authority from Worker Leaders, BGMEA and Government. Here the calculation are obtained by Grade % Variation, Existence and New Wages.