Govt imposes travel ban on 12 RMG owners over unpaid dues

NN Online:

The interim government has imposed foreign travel bans on 12 garment factory owners for failing to clear worker dues by the deadline of March 27.

Labour and Employment Adviser Brigadier General (Retd) M Shakhawat Hossain made this disclosure during a press briefing at the Secretariat on Tuesday.

He said, “The concerned businessmen cannot travel abroad until clearing the dues. If more factory owners are found to deprive their workers after 27 March, they too will face the law.”

Earlier, the government fixed 27 March as the deadline for paying all the workers’ due wages and other benefits for allowing them to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr with ease.

The adviser declined to name the 12 factories being primarily targeted, but noted that five among these are already witnessing labour unrest.

The travel bans will come into effect from Tuesday, and necessary documents have already been forwarded to immigration officials for enforcing the move, he said.