The third meeting of the Minimum Wage Board, formed to recommend minimum wage rates for all categories of workers and employees in the garment industry, will be held on November 16.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 11:00 am at the Department of Labour, on the 19th floor of the Labour Building, located at 196 Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam Sarani in Bijoynagar, Dhaka.

Convened under Section 139 of the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006, the meeting will be chaired by the board’s Chairman, Syed Azad Subhani, a District and Sessions Judge.

According to a notice issued by the board, the first item on the agenda is the submission of a written proposal on minimum wage rates by the representative of the garment industry employers.

The meeting will also discuss formulating recommendations on minimum wage rates for all categories of workers and employees engaged in the garment sector.