BLAST opposes draft amendment
to labour law
Bdnews24.com .
The Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust on Saturday opposed the proposed amendment to the country’s labour law that bans political involvement of trade unions.
Terming the move unconstitutional, BLAST leaders also suggested that the government should change 77 sections of the Labour Law 2006.
They also placed a serious of recommendations while addressing a seminar on labour law at the CIRDAP auditorium in
The deputy director (law) of the BLAST, Farida Yasmin, said the ties between trade unions and political parties could be narrowed.
According to the proposed amendment, trade unions will not be able to link up with any political party or its front organisations.
The proposed amendment will also says bar trade unions from having offices within 200 yards of the boundary of any company.
Farida Yasmin suggested that offices could be set up on factory premises by an agreement between owners and workers’ unions. ‘The CBA (collective bargaining agent) must be provided with an office,’ she said.
The organisation also proposed that export processing zones be brought under the purview of the labour law with working hours being limited to eight hours with one hour rest and wages disbursed through banks.
It also recommended extending sick leave to a maximum of 28 days from 14 days and said that maternity leave should be allowed as long as the worker wanted it.
The labour rights body underlined the need for health insurance for workers and appointing a professional doctor in every factory. If any worker sustained injury at work, factory owners should make arrangements for his or her treatment.
Workers should be given scope to fight a legal battle if there was any problem with wages, according to the BLAST recommendations.
The BLAST executive director, Taslimur Rahman said the labour law was enacted in 2006 by amalgamating 25 separate laws.
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