Tag Archives: Minimum wage

The Myanmar daily minimum wage has been set at K4,800, which is a rise of 33 percent from the K3,600 workers were drawing previously. The change was announced by the National Committee for the Minimum Wage on Monday.

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The National Committee for the Minimum Wage on Monday set the country’s daily minimum wage at K4800 (US$3.60) or K600 per hour for an eight-hour day despite objections from both labour and employers.

There is an indication that a sizable share of RMG enterprises are likely to be situated at a level where they could either survive or they could become ‘uncompetitive’.

The present minimum wage in Bangladesh garment industry is below the poverty level, making it very difficult for the workers to bear their living cost

Although Bangladesh has made remarkable recent strides like building green factories and meeting stringent safety standards, garment workers here are still paid one of the lowest minimum wages in the world.

Language barriers, poor living conditions, restrictions on movement and low pay, often below the minimum wage, are some of the problems plaguing migrant workers in Bengaluru’s garment factories, a new report states.

77% of Indian workers will have vulnerable employment by 2019; labour experts say increase in contract labour and own-account work coupled with declining unemployment is the reason.

Minimum wage calculations must take into account some key factors such as number of dependent family members, food, housing, healthcare, children’s education and recreation

Garment workers in Cambodia will see their wages increase 11% this year, but this will put further financial pressure on the country’s export sector.