As a result, about 42 per cent or about 1.4 million of the total workers working in the garment sector did not receive or were deprived from government incentives, the report said. There are allegations that 21,000 workers in 64 factories, which took incentives, did not receive their salaries and allowances due to announcement of factory layoffs and dismissed workers, it also said. The TIB report also mentioned no guidelines for sub-contract factories, which create uncertainty on the salaries and allowances of about 1.5 million workers of 3,000 factories. In order to ensure health protection, BGMEA in collaboration with the World Health Organization formulated a health protection guideline for garment factories. Moreover, most of the factory owners did not follow the instructions to start the factory with 30-50 per cent workers within the shifting system.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 17, 2020 15:56 UTC