Pay Salaries, Bonuses to Workers by July 19

Eid holidays of all factory workers including garments made as per government rules is three days. State Minister for Labor and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian said the factory workers would have to pay their salaries and bonuses by next Monday (July 19).

She was speaking at the 10th meeting of the RMG Advisory Council on Tuesday (July 13) at 3:30 pm in the conference room of the capital's Shram Bhaban.

She said the Eid holidays will last for three days. In this case, the factory owners can give more days off if they wish. It is a matter of owners and workers. However, the workers have to be paid their salaries and bonuses by July 19, the day before the Eid holiday. Failure to pay salary-bonus will resort to law.

State Minister Begum Mannujan Sufian presided over the meeting while Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation President Shahjahan Khan, BGMEA Senior Vice President Nasir Uddin and Director Harun Ur Rashid, BKMEA First Vice President Sirajul Islam Roni were present.

Begum Munnujan Sufian said that earlier the ministry had collected the salary-bonus of the workers on its own initiative. Salary has already started to be paid. Most of the factories have paid the workers. There are some factories left. They are preparing to give salary-bonus at the same time. All factories have to pay workers' bonus before the holidays.