The government has announced Tk10,520 as minimum monthly pay for workers of the country's fishing trawler industry, increasing the pay from Tk5,200 set in 2015.
The Labour Ministry announced the wage structure which was proposed by the minimum wage board through a gazette notification on November 28.
Earlier, the minimum wage board formed for the sector in March 2021 finalized its proposal recommending Tk10,520 as the minimum wage and it had been sent the recommendation to the Labour Ministry on June 14, 2022.
In the newly announced wage structure, the ministry has incorporated seven grades for fishing trawler industry sector workers and the minimum monthly wage for the workers in the grade seven would be Tk10,520.
The amount includes Tk6,800 as basic pay, 40% of the basic pay (Tk2,720) as house rent and Tk1,000 as medical allowance.
The gross monthly minimum wage for the workers of grade six has been set at Tk13,600 including Tk9,000 as basic pay, gross wage for the grade five workers at Tk16,050 including Tk10,750 as basic pay.
According to the gazette notification, the minimum monthly wage for the workers of the grade four has been set at Tk19,200, for the grade three at Tk23,120, for the grade two at Tk24,800 and for the grade one at Tk26,340.
The Labour Ministry has also set Tk7,000 as the gross monthly pay for apprentice workers of the sector with a provision for a three-month apprenticeship.
The government has also incorporated a provision in the new wage structure of 5% annual increment.
According to the government data, a total of 204 commercial fishing trawlers with about 5,000 trained workers are catching marine fishes in Bangladesh.
