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The Universal Pension (Bengali: সার্বজনীন পেনশন) is a system of the Bangladesh Government's pension arrangement. Benefits vary depending on the age of the individual and their contribution record. Anyone can make a claim, provided they have a minimum number of qualifying years of contributions.
Bangladesh Shikkhak Union, a teachers union, protested the government order to increase the contribution to the pension fund from six percent of their salary to ten percent in 2019. [4] This move was protested by another union of teachers called National Front of Teachers and Employees when it was first proposed in 2017. [ 5 ]
In employer contribution of 12%, 8.33% transfer to EPS (Employee Pension Scheme) and 3.67% transfer to EPF (Employee Provident Fund). Over and above, employer has to bear 0.50% as administrative charges on EPF and 0.50% as EDLI (employer’s Deposit linked Insurance) Charges. So employer has to bear total 13% of basic wage as discussed above. [20]
Non government teachers contribute six percent of their salaries to the trust for a retirement fund that will be available to them after retirement and with additional funding from the government of Bangladesh. In April 2019, the government increased it to ten percent which was protested by the Bangladesh Shikkhak Union, a teachers union.
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Department of Labour (Bengali: শ্রম অধিদপ্তর) is a Bangladesh government regulatory agency under the Ministry of Labour and Employment responsible for regulating the labour market in Bangladesh. Goutom Kumar is the director general of the Department of Labour. [1]
Bangladesh Saving Certificates- This five year saving scheme provides return of around 12.2% at maturity with varying degree of returns for premature withdrawal depending on the duration of investment. Maximum allowable investment in this scheme is capped to Tk 30,00,000/- for individual investors and Tk 60,00,000/- for joint investors.
Central Fund (Bengali: কেন্দ্রীয় তহবিল) is a Bangladesh government fund under the Ministry of Labour and Employment that is responsible for providing financial support to workers. The fund is chaired by the minister of labour and employment. [1] [2]