The government has allowed two more hours of overtime for the country's export-oriented ready-made garment (RMG)-sector workers for six months amid huge work orders, sources said.
According to the labour law, a worker in a garment factory works eight hours a day and 48 hours a week. Factories are permitted to ask workers to do overtime two hours daily on the condition of giving double wage for the overtime period.
Now, an export-oriented garment factory can ask its workers to do overtime for a total of four hours a day, the sources added.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment issued a circular to this effect on May 11, exempting the apparel sector from the labour law provisions of 100, 102 and 105 regarding working hours and overtime.
"The six-month conditional waiver is effective from April 17," according to the circular.
It mentions that the RMG exporters are exempted from the legal provisions following 0.03 per cent contribution of their respective export proceeds to the RMG central fund along with abiding by the labour law and its rules.
It stipulates that the workers must be paid double wage than regular work hours for their overtime, and no worker would be forced to do overtime for more than four hours a day.
Weekly holiday must be given and no overtime would be imposed, if any worker is not willing to do it, the circular has added.
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