State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian today urged the factory owners, including garment factory owners, to clear workers' salaries and festival bonuses before the beginning of the Eid-ul-Azha holidays.

The factory owners have to clear 15 days' salary of June to the workers before the beginning of the Eid holiday, she said at a statement after a meeting of tripartite consultative committee (TCC) held at the Shromo Bhavan in Dhaka today.

If any factory owner wants to pay the salary of the full month of June, he or she can do it, but it is not mandatory.

The TCC is a body consisting of government representatives, factory owners and worker leaders formed for the sake of the garment sector.

The Eid-ul-Azha is scheduled to be held on June 29.