Labour leaders and rights advocates on Sunday called for the establishment of a national minimum wage, a democratic process for selecting wage board representatives, and regular review of minimum wages based on comprehensive assessments to ensure a dignified standard of living for workers...
The immediate implementation of the 9th wage board award for the newspaper and news agency journalists and employees has been demanded.
The situation in the Ashulia and Gazipur industrial zones on Tuesday improved on the whole even though workers blocked two highways, demanding payment of their wages and...
Economist Debapriya Bhattacharya on Monday said that the country鈥檚 labour class did not get their just share of wages over a timeframe of the last one decade and more...
SUCCESSIVE governments have been generally negligent in ensuring minimum wage and labour rights for workers in export-oriented industries. The apparel workers got some policy attention, and their minimum wage was increased from Tk 8,000 to Tk 12,100 in 2023, but the increase is extremely inadequate considering the unprecedented food inflation in the...
Workers in different export sectors except readymade garments in the country earn minimum wages ranging from Tk聽6,700 to Tk聽8,050, a level that labour rights advocates deem inadequate and insufficient to meet basic living costs...
Germany wants to support Volkswagen and help it avoid factory closures but the ailing car giant will have to fix most of its problems itself, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said Friday.
The wages for workers in the cold storage sector are set to increase 12 years after the last revision, with the minimum wage board finalising a draft proposal recommending a minimum monthly pay of Tk聽14,000 for the sector鈥檚 workers...
The mass inquiry committee on killing of garment workers in 2023 on Saturday demanded trials of killers of garment workers during the movement of wage increase and demanded adequate compensations for the affected families...
The state-owned National Tea Company Ltd workers in Moulvibazar continued to observe strike and hold demonstrations pressing for payment of wages...
German automotive giant Volkswagen said Monday it could close production sites in Germany, as the auto industry struggles to manage rising costs...
The minimum wage board has finalised its recommendations, setting Tk聽12,000 as gross monthly minimum pay for the country鈥檚 cement industry workers with a provision of 5 per cent yearly increment...
German automaker Volkswagen pledged Thursday to focus on cutting costs following a drop in second-quarter profits as the group grappled with lower demand in China and restructuring expenses...
THE plights of exploited migrant workers have fallen on deaf ears of successive governments as the number of death in destination countries continues to increase. The Wage Earners and Welfare Board says that at least 4,261 Bangladeshis died abroad in July 2023鈥揓une 2024. Official statistics also report a staggering 41,053 death in 2002鈥�2021...
The wages for workers and employees in the ayurvedic industry are set to increase 12 years after the last revision, with the minimum wage board finalising a draft proposal recommending a minimum monthly pay of Tk聽11,000 for the sector鈥檚 workers...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will hear arguments from the Newspapers Owners Association of Bangladesh on a leave to appeal petition regarding the High Court judgment on the income tax of journalists and employees working in newspapers....
Some Gazans are now reduced to drinking sewage water and eating animal feed, the WHO鈥檚 regional chief said on Tuesday, pleading for increased aid access immediately to the besieged territory...
Implementing responsible purchasing practices by the fashion companies is imperative to support worker rights and ensure fair compensation, including living wages for all, according to a report released by Global Fashion Agenda...
The Centre for Policy Dialogue on Saturday recommended that the tannery industry workers should get at least Tk 22,776 as minimum wage amid high inflation in the...
International Workers鈥� Day, widely known as May Day, was observed across Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world on Wednesday, pressing workers鈥� demands, including announcement of minimum wages for workers in all sectors, workplace safety, and six-month maternity leave for women...
THE absence of a minimum wage commission has for years left more than 85 per cent of the workers and employees, who work in informal sectors, to face wage discrimination and deprivation. The government鈥檚 sector-wise minimum wage boards for...
Volkswagen workers in Tennessee voted decisively to become a union shop, according to election results released Friday, marking the first victory for...
More than 51 percent, or 4849 factories, including textile and garment units across the country, except those in the Dhaka Metropolitan area, have yet to pay monthly wages for the month of March...
The government has announced Tk聽10,001 as the gross monthly minimum wage for the country鈥檚 cotton textile sector workers and employees...