The Ministry of Labour and Employment has instructed the factory authorities to pay all outstanding wages, bonuses, and dues to workers by the 20th of Ramadan.
Moreover, they also urged the entrepreneurs to pay at least 15 days鈥� wages for March, based on their financial capacity.
These directives were finalised during a Tripartite Consultative Council (TCC) meeting held on Wednesday night at the Srama Bhaban in the capital.
The ministry emphasised that factory management and worker representatives should collectively determine, in accordance with labour laws, the start date of the Eid-ul-Fitr holidays while maintaining consistency with neighbouring factories.
They also directed that no workers should face termination or layoff before Eid-ul-Fitr, according to a statement from the ministry.
Law enforcement agencies will actively monitor the overall labour situation, particularly issues related to wage payments and holiday schedules.
The meeting also decided that to facilitate transactions, commercial banks in key industrial zones will remain open from March 28 to March 29, 2025.
They will also urge the finance division and central bank regarding the potential cash incentives of the BGMEA and BKMEA members.
They also decided to establish a central monitoring cell under the leadership of the additional secretary (labour) along with representatives from workers鈥� unions, factory owners, and relevant ministries and agencies.
Labour and employment secretary AHM Shafiquzzaman chaired the meeting with the presence of TCC members, including representatives from workers鈥� unions, factory owners鈥� associations, law enforcement agencies, the Bangladesh Army, the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments, and the Labour Department.
The discussions also covered a review of the pre-Eid labour situation, including plans for the distribution of TCB goods in industrial zones by the Ministry of Commerce.
