Bangladesh RMG workers to get 9% annual wage increment effective Dec 1

Readymade garment (RMG) industry workers in Bangladesh will receive a 9-per cent hike in wages, the country’s labour and employment adviser M Sakhawat Hussain announced yesterday.
The increment will be effective from December 1 this year and will reflect in January.
Hussain said the increment will be effective until the government or the Minimum Wage Board announces a new minimum wage.