ILO calls for sharing draft EPZ labour act
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has called for an advanced draft of the proposed Export Processing Zones (EPZ) Labour Act, 2016 of Bangladesh after reviewing it with a multi-stakeholder approach.
It said the draft should be shared with the ILO's Committee of Experts by August before placing it in parliament.
The newly created Tripartite Technical Committee (TTC) for amendment of the Bangladesh Labour Act has already held its first meeting and it is working so that the legislation conforms to ILO standards.
The committee has been asked to complete an initial draft by August.
Both the TCC and the RMG Tripartite Consultative Committee (RMG TCC) will be supported by the ILO which will act as their secretariat, according to a report of the Committee on the Application of Standards.
The recently adopted and published standard operating procedures for registration has already been implemented which reduced the timeframe for resolving issues concerning registration and the Bangladesh government should also cut the registration rejection rate, said the report.
A transparent remediation strategy with a timeline was to be developed and shared with the committee by the end of August, the report added.
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