As many as 416 factories may face difficulties in paying their workers’ salaries and bonuses in time for Eid, as per the Industrial Police’s estimates.
BGMEA has urged the government to form an industrial police unit in Dhaka Metropolitan (DMP) to maintain law and order, as well as a peaceful atmosphere, in the garment factories located in the city while ensuring the uninterrupted production of apparel goods. A delegation of BGMEA, led by acting BGMEA President Syed Nazrul Islam, made the appeal
Intelligence and regulatory bodies fear a possible labour unrest ahead of Eid caused by the uncertainty over payment of salaries and festival bonuses of workers of some factories affected by the pandemic.
In this situation, the Police Headquarters (PHQ) has instructed the Industrial Police unit to make a list of factories which are not capable of paying workers salaries and bonuses so that steps can be taken to avoid unrest.
Garment factories are among the vulnerable ones.
In Chattogram, two government regulatory bodies have apprehended that 67 garment factories may face labour unrest over payment of salaries and festival bonuses ahead of Eid.