Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) has started paying the salary & other benefits arrears of the workers of M/s. Shine Fashion Company (PVT) Ltd., a closed factory of Dhaka EPZ (DEPZ), a press release said.
The dues payment activities started at a program on Sunday organized by DEPZ by which Tk. 30.02 crore arrears would be paid to the workers in phases.
DEPZ executive director Abdus Sobhan handed over pay orders to some workers of their salary & other benefits arrears in the programme. The remaining workers’ will get their arrears through 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.
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 for payment of 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.
