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Directorate of Labour was established in 1931 by the British Raj government and was upgraded in 1958 by the Government of Pakistan. [2] The directorate was upgrade to a department in 2017. [3] The department has the authority to register unions in Bangladesh and its decisions can be challenged at the Labour Appellate Tribunal. [4] [5]
The Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 was amended with the Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Bill, 2013 to improve worker rights, including greater but limited freedom to form trade unions, and improving occupational health and safety condition in factories. In 2017, the government pledged to remove the ban on trade unions in export processing zones. [16]
The government of Bangladesh has set an ambitious target of generating 30 million new job opportunities by the year 2030. [3] In its endeavor to improve labor conditions and expand employment opportunities, the Government of Bangladesh has undertaken significant initiatives to establish a specialized entity known as the "Directorate of Employment."
The Talmudic law—in which labour law is called "laws of worker hiring"—elaborates on many more aspects of employment relations, mainly in Tractate Baba Metzi'a. In some issues the Talamud, following the Tosefta, refers the parties to the customary law: "All is as the custom of the region [postulates]".
The Constitution of Bangladesh [a] is the supreme law of Bangladesh. The constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh on 4 November 1972, it came into effect on 16 December 1972. The constituent assembly was composed of officials elected in the national and provincial council elections of Pakistan held in 1970.
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sunday rolled back some of the quotas on government jobs, which sparked huge protests that have escalated in recent weeks to deadly violence.
The Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS) is a think tank for trade union activity and other labour matters in Bangladesh. It was founded in 1995 to support the building of trade unions and their activities and to promote trade union causes within government and society. [1] Today, 12 Bangladeshi trade union federations are affiliated ...
The Bangladesh Code is an official compilation and codification of laws in Bangladesh, which is published by the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh. The code was initiated in 1973 and first published in 1977. It has 47 volumes, of which 24 are in English and 23 are in Bengali.