The government has announced minimum wages for the garment workers. The minimum wages is BDT eight thousand. It was more helpful for existing workers also new requite workers for RMG sectors. The 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). The minimum wages of garments worker is a demand of recent price hike of every consumable goods.
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. 5300.00. This wage is effective from December of that year.
| Designation | Pattern Master | Mechanic Electrician |
Sr. Cutter Man Sr. Operator Sr. QC Sr. Packing Man Sr. Iron man |
Cutter Man Operator QC Folding Man Packing Man Iron Man |
Jr. Operator Jr. Iron Man |
Gen. Operator | Helper | ||
| Minimum Wages-2013 | Minimum Wages- 2013 | ||||||||
| 13,000 | 10,900 | 6,805 | 6,420 | 6,042 | 5,678 | 5,300 | |||
| Grade | Grade-1 | Grade-2 | Grade-3 | Grade-4 | Grade-5 | Grade-6 | Grade-7 | Grand Total | |
| No of Employees | 235 | 375 | 110 | 45 | 228 | 993 | |||
| Average of Gross | 8,259 | 7,474 | 7,262 | 6,545 | 5,789 | 7,066 | |||
| Sum of Gross Ext Wages | 1,940,854 | 2,802,880 | 798,859 | 294,514 | 1,319,877 | 7,156,985 | |||
| Max of Gross | 17,795 | 13,600 | 12,000 | 6,900 | 7,138 | 17,795 | |||
| Min of Gross | 7,000 | 6,420 | 6,400 | 6,000 | 5,300 | 5,300 | |||
| Min Wage 2013 | 13,000 | 10,900 | 6,805 | 6,420 | 6,042 | 5,678 | 5,300 | ||
| Grade to Grade % | 19.27% | 60.18% | 6.00% | 6.26% | 6.41% | 7.13% | 0% | ||
So, How to calculate the incremental wages for factory workers for recent announcement by the Government. The below calculation are each authority from Worker Leaders, BGMEA and Government. Here the calculation are obtained by Grade % Variation, Existence and New Wages.
| Proposal of BGMEA | 15,600 | 13,080 | 8,166 | 7,704 | 7,250 | 6,814 | 6,360 | Max. impact but not less than 7% | |
| Grade % Variation (New-Ext)/Ext |
20.00% | 20.00% | 20.00% | 20.00% | 20.00% | 20.00% | 20.00% | ||
| Grade to Grade % | 19.26% | 60.70% | 6.00% | 6.26% | 6.41% | 7.13% | |||
| Impact | – | – | 2,329,025 | 3,363,456 | 958,631 | 353,417 | 1,583,853 | 8,588,382 | 16.67% |
| Proposal of Workers Leader | 21,050 | 17,550 | 16,150 | 14,960 | 13,910 | 12,930 | 12,020 | Max. impact but not less than 70% | |
| Grade % Variation (New-Ext)/Ext |
61.92% | 61.01% | 137.33% | 133.02% | 130.22% | 127.72% | 126.79% | ||
| Impact | – | – | 4,606,142 | 6,531,321 | 1,839,148 | 670,671 | 2,993,382 | 16,640,664 | 132.51% |
| Announced by Govt. | 19,686 | 16,507 | 10,272 | 9,691 | 9,120 | 8,571 | 8,000 | Max. impact but not less than 15% | |
| Grade % Variation (New-Ext)/Ext |
51.43% | 51.44% | 50.94% | 50.94% | 50.94% | 50.94% | 50.94% | ||
| Impact | – | – | 2,929,591 | 4,230,762 | 1,205,826 | 444,550 | 1,992,268 | 10,802,996 | 50.94% |