Govt forms minimum wage board for garment sector

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The government has formed a minimum wage board comprising representatives of employers, workers and neutral parties to determine minimum wages for ready-made garment (RMG) workers.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment issued two separate notifications in this regard on Sunday.

According to one notification, ABM Shamsuddin, a director of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), has been appointed as the employers' representative, while Babul Akhter, general secretary of the Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation, has been appointed as the workers' representative.

In a separate notification, Dr Mosleh Uddin Ahmad, a professor of the Department of Public Administration at Dhaka University, was appointed as a neutral member. Asif Ayub, joint secretary-general of the Bangladesh Employers Federation, was appointed as an employers' representative, while Anwar Hossain, president of Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal, was appointed as a workers' representative.

The appointments were made under the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006, as amended in 2026.

The notifications instructed the chairman of the minimum wage board to initiate the necessary proceedings in consultation with representatives of employers, workers and neutral members to determine the minimum wage for garment workers.