The minimum wage board yesterday failed to reach a consensus on whether to increase the pay for four grades in the proposed new salary structure.
Ikteder Ahmed, chairman of the minimum wage board, said garment workers and their representatives submitted a set of objections and recommendations on the structure.
The workers rejected the structure and demanded reviewing the fourth, fifth and sixth grades, saying the salary structure in those grades is lower than that in the first grade.
The board received 343 objections and recommendations from garment owners and 22 from workers and their representatives. The owners suggested finalising the draft salary structure adopted on July 29, he said.
“October 11 is fixed for the next meeting to finalise a draft,” said Ahmed after the meeting.
Shamsunnahar Bhuiyan, the workers’ representative on the board, said if any change takes place in the draft, it will have to be based on a consensus.
The new wage structure is scheduled to be effective on November 1, with the minimum monthly salary set at Tk 3,000 at entry level .
