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.
Crisis committee begins factory visits in Ctg to ensure timely salaries, bonuses, health measures
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The crisis committee formed by the Ministry of Labour and Employment to make sure workers get their salaries and festival bonuses started visiting factories, including garments, today.
The committee led by Mohammad Nasir Uddin, director of the Department of Labour and also convener of the crisis committee, Chattogram visited APT Fashion Works Limited and Chattogram Container Transportation Limited, both in Nimtola area of the port city on the first day, our Chattogram correspondent reports.
Mohammad Nasir Uddin, convener of the committee, told The Daily Star that in light of the instruction from the prime minister, they started to inspect whether factories were paying salaries on time ahead of Eid, following the health guidleine for workers and if there was any deprivation which ma
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