Bangladesh's tea workers' daily minimum wages
appear too low despite being one of the top tea-producing countries. Its
depravity shocks the workers and makes their lives miserable while increasing
profits for the owners. The paper aims to ascertain whether the extremely low
minimum wage can satisfy the rights guaranteed to workers under the
constitution, whether it is consistent with the constitutional principles that
govern the state, and what the probable solutions are to provide the workers
their guaranteed rights. The article employs the doctrinal method to analyse
minimum wage frameworks and seeks to identify gaps, inconsistencies, and
interpretive challenges. Ultimately, the article advocates for the protection
of Bangladeshi tea workers' constitutional right to adequate and humane minimum
pay, the actual and effective protection of the right to life along with other
constitutional rights, a sustainable mechanism to determine minimum wage
consistent with human dignity, and the amendment of several laws and
provisions.
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