Workers of 18 tea gardens operated by Nationwide Tea Firm Dinky (NTC) possess determined to return to work after nearly three months of closure, beginning Thursday (5 December).
The decision used to be made during a gathering held the earlier day (1 December) on the Sylhet District Office of the Labour Department in Sreemangal of Moulvibazar.
At some level of the meeting, it used to be agreed that on the predominant day of joining work, employees will most likely be paid two weeks’ worth of pending wages. Monthly wage employees are space to rating one month’s wage.
“On Sunday, during the joint meeting held on the Sylhet District Office of the Labour Department in Sreemangal, top leaders of the tea employees and officials of Nationwide Tea Firm Dinky determined that tea employees of the entire gardens of Nationwide Tea Firm Dinky would return to work on Thursday,” stated Rambhajan Koir, outdated total secretary of the Bangladesh Tea Workers Union.
In step with the meeting’s decision, from now on payments for employees and employees will most doubtless be made continuously. Workers of the gardens are also space to rating one month’s wage by 20 December.
Furthermore, ration deductions may additionally no longer be made for tea employees during the times of the backyard closures.
The meeting further stipulated that after it comes to bonuses and annual move away day counts, the backyard closure days wouldn’t be marked as absences. Closing pending wages are anticipated to be paid by March 2025, and contributions to the provident fund will most doubtless be cleared by 7 April 2025.
This decision comes after tea employees had suspended all work on the 18 gardens of Nationwide Tea Firm for 12 consecutive weeks attributable to non-charge of wages. The closure had rendered these authorities-controlled gardens non-helpful.
Syed Mahmud Hasan, managing director of Nationwide Tea Firm, Emadul Haque, total manager of NTC, tea employees’ union Frequent Secretary Nipen Excellent friend, besides to outdated total secretary Rambhajan Koir, among others, were existing on the meeting.
