Bangladesh Labour Act

The Government of Bangladesh passed ” Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006″ on October 11, 2006 repealing 25 important Labour Laws which includes factories Act, 1965, Shops and Establishments Act, 1965, Employment of Labour (S.O) Act, 1965, Payment of Wages Act, 1936,Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923, Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 etc.

This new law has introduced a good number of important items like retirement benefit, death benefit, appointment letter, enhancement of compensation amounts both for death and permanent disability, introduction of provident fund for workers, punishment for sexual harassment etc.

The scope of the Labour Act has also been widened to include NGO’s, Hospitals etc. Besides, this new Act has enhanced the powers of the Labour Court as a result of which the Court will now be in a position to issue stay order, injunction and in some cases it can even realize the wages of the workers through sale of employer’s property by auction sale. In short, this new Act has brought about a lot of important changes

The participants will be able to learn

• The main provisions of the new labour act
• Different newly introduced schemes like death, benefit, retirement benefit, new types of punishments, and sale of property by the Court by auction, provident fund, new types of unfair labor practices, new power of Labor Court and Labor Appellate Tribunal, Sexual harassment of female workers etc.
• The modern system of enquiry and the role of management in connection with Bangladesh Labour Act 2006.
• Important case studies in line with the passed Acts.