Govt to sit with stakeholders Oct 30 to finalise labour law rules
The government will sit with stakeholders on October 30 to finalise rules for implementing the amended labour law in the factories, as Bangladesh has already fulfilled majority of the conditions promised in the Sustainability Compact.
“We have decided that to hold meeting of all stakeholders on October 30 in the labour and employment ministry to finalise the rules of the labour law, although the European Commission officials urged Bangladesh to finalise the rules by the end of December this year,” Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said at his secretariat office in Dhaka today.
He was talking to reporters after returning from Belgian capital Brussels where he attended the first review meeting of the Sustainability Compact. The meeting ended October 21.
“Our tour was successful as the EC officials were satisfied with Bangladesh’s progresses for ensuring workplace safety and improving labour rights,” Tofail said at the media briefing.
Bangladesh has fulfilled almost all of the 16 conditions committed in the Sustainability Compact, the minister said adding the EC officials wanted to know about the formulation of the rules for implementing the labour law.
Regarding the amended law of the Export Processing Zones (EPZs), the minister said Workers Welfare Associations were already functioning in 217 EPZ factories as Collective Bargaining Agents (CBA).
“So, we have also made progresses in the EPZs,” he said. The government has already registered a total of 236 trade unions for establishing the labour rights in the factories, the minister said.
The EC did not mention any specific timeframe for the next review meeting of the Sustainability Compact, but it will take place in convenient time of both Bangladesh and the EC in anytime in next year.
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