The Ministry of Labour has set a
temporary basic pay of K 56,700 for employees working industrial zones
and requested the employers to take prompt action, following a meeting
at Kanaung Prince Hall of Hlaingthayar Industrial Zone on 12 June. The
basic pay does not include overtime charges and other package benefits,
which employees will have the right to enjoy.
On 5 June, a coordination meeting was
held for the same issue, and the employers were urged to get involved in
the process so that the pay could be standardized.
The temporary basic pay rate was set,
following the negotiations made with 38 departments, said an official at
the ministry. The industrialists were key players and they should do as
requested by the ministry, he continued. He also stressed that
industrialists were requested, not forced.
In the coordination meetings, agreement
was reached with over 20 factories. Before labour boycotts, the basic
salary ran from 8,000 to 30,000 kyats.
Arrangements are under way to submit a
bill of basic pay equivalent to that of the international community in
the fourth parliamentary assembly, said Minister for Labour U Aung Kyi
on 3 June in a meeting on industrial development and challenge.
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