Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) has started paying the outstanding salaries and other benefits of the workers of Ms Shine Fashion Company (PVT) Ltd., a closed factory of Dhaka EPZ (DEPZ).
The payment activities started today in a program organized by DEPZ by which Taka 30.02 crore arrears would be paid to the workers in phases, said a press release.
DEPZ Executive Director Abdus Sobhan handed over to some workers pay orders of their outstanding salaries and other benefits in the program. The remaining workers will get their arrears in their bank accounts.
The workers are overwhelmed to receive their arrears after almost two years of the closure of the factory. They thanked BEPZA wholeheartedly for their continuous efforts to settle the dues payment.
Mentionable, the factory management announced the closure of the factory in 2020 for the failure to pay the wages of 2,083 workers. BEPZA terminated the land lease agreement with the factory on 1 December 2020 and assured that it would make arrangements to pay all the dues of the workers.
After a long tireless effort of almost two years, BEPZA has been able to pay the dues of the workers by selling the factory through an auction.