The law will guarantee an hourly wage for workers, but higher labor costs will put pressure on many small factories.
Improving factories has been slow for Bangladeshis and their international trading partners.
Global retailers, labor groups, and the Bangladeshi government have set aside $40 million for victims of the Rana Plaza collapse.
Families of victims of the fire, and survivors, could receive an average of $25,000 from a new compensation fund. How far does that go in Bangladesh?
Clothing-retailer H&M has said it's drafting a plan to pay its textile worker a "living wage" by 2018.
