Begum Monnujan Sufian, who is the State Minister for Labour and Employment in Bangladesh, has recently called upon the garment factory owners to pay the March salary of the apparel workers along with festival bonus before the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays commence.
This is as per reports, which added the Minister made the call at the 14th meeting of the tripartite consultative committee (TCC) of the readymade garment sector in the capital Dhaka recently even if as per the rules, the factory owners will also have to pay salary of seven workdays of April before the Eid holidays, which the Labour Ministry has underlined in a statement issued in this direction.
Begum Monnujan Sufian also reportedly instructed the factory owners to follow the Government rules in case of allowing workers to enjoy holidays.
It may be mentioned here the TCC is a body consisting of worker leaders, Government representatives and factory owners and formed for the sake of the garment sector, which had not taken any decision on payment of salary for 10 to 20 days of April before Eid holiday.
But if any owner wants to clear salary of 10-20 days of April beforehand, they can do it, reportedly added the Labour Ministry in its statement.
