Condition of Employment
Bangladesh, with a population of 128.1 million people, has a large and cheap labor force of around 60 million, comprised of 40 million agricultural jobs (growing at one percent a year) and 20 million non-agricultural jobs (growing at six percent a year). Industrial jobs are mainly fall under non- agricultural jobs. All employers are expected to carry out the government’s labor laws, which specify employment conditions, working hours, wage levels, leave policies, health and sanitary conditions, and compensation for injured workers. Freedom of association and the right to join unions is guaranteed in the Bangladesh Constitution
Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 was enacted for amending and consolidating the laws relating to employment of workers, relations between workers and employers, determination of minimum rates of wages, payment of wages, compensation for injuries to workers during working hours, formation of trade unions, raising and settlement of industrial disputes, health, safety, welfare and working conditions and environment of workers and apprenticeship .
In order to make the labour law more efficient, amendments have been made to it several times and finally the latest amended law was enacted in the year 2013 as “Bangladesh Labour Act 2006”. Subsequently as the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (Government of Bangladesh) was under pressure from various sources to promulgate the Labour Rules for a long time, the Government of Bangladesh has also introduced Bangladesh Labour Rules2015(Rule of 2015) on 15 September 2015 through a gazette .
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