Bangladesh Garment Workers Pay Malaysia Salary Increase Next Year

The minimum wage review team appointed by the government set a new salary level in early November. The minimum wage was adjusted from the current 3000 Dhaka (about 38.58 US dollars) to 5300 Dhaka (about 68.17 US dollars).

According to the proposal, 3200 Dhaka (about $41.16) was fixed to basic wages, with an increase of 1280 Dhaka (about 16.46 US dollars) as rent, medical and transportation allowances of 320 Dhaka (about 4.11 US dollars) and 200 Dhaka (about 2.57 US dollars), with food added to 300 Dhaka (about 3.86 dollars).

The chairman of the group, AK Roy, told reporters after the meeting that the minimum wage was finally voted by the members present because there was no consensus on this issue.

He added that four delegates voted for the 5300 monthly wage proposal in Dhaka, but two representatives of factory owners avoided voting. The final proposal will now be submitted to the Ministry of labor and employment for approval. Once completed, the new wage structure will take effect from November 1st.

Bengal Garment factory The owner proposed last week's minimum wage of 4500 Dhaka (about 57.88 dollars) proposal, compared with the 3600 Dhaka (about 46.3 US dollars) that caused violent protests in the industrial chain earlier than 50%. But workers have been looking for a monthly minimum wage of at least 8114 Dhaka (about 104.36 dollars).

The panel composed of six members was set up in June 2012. Bengal The garment workers raised the existing minimum monthly wage of 3000 Dhaka (about US $38.58) per month, which was set up in 2010.

After the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building in April, more than 1100 people died, the minimum wage and other issues, such as the lack of safe workplace, have caused international condemnation.

　　 Malaysia The government announced the minimum wage policy for the first time in July 2012. The monthly salary for workers in the Malaysia peninsula is no less than 292 dollars, and the lowest monthly salary in Borneo is 260 dollars. The government originally planned to implement the policy in January 1, 2013. However, the plan was temporarily shelved due to a joint request from 400 employers to remove the minimum monthly salary policy.

Not long ago, Richard, Minister of human resources in Malaysia, said that the minimum monthly salary policy will be fully implemented in January next year. It is understood that the minimum monthly salary is deducted from overtime pay, existing allowances and other benefits after the basic salary. However, some trade unions have reflected that, in order to avoid paying more labor costs, some employers have also calculated other benefits in calculating the minimum wage, and even forced those workers to falsely claim that their wages have reached the minimum wage standard.