A delegation, led by country director of the International Labour Organisation, Tuomo Poutiainen, met environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan at the secretariat in Dhaka on Monday...
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority is going to introduce a project named 鈥楨mployment Injury Scheme鈥� in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation to provide aid to the garment sector workers of Export Processing Zones, said a press release...
INDIGENOUS peoples are identified in international forums, including the United Nations, as first nations, hunter-gatherers, or hill tribes. These peoples usually live in mountainous or rural areas somewhat isolated from the mainland, which reflects the distinctive characteristics of their social, cultural, and economic lifestyles. They often follow a socioeconomic...
Rights activists at a discussion on Sunday demanded that labour sector reforms should take into account migrant workers鈥� rights to protect the foreign exchange earners from vulnerabilities...
The interim government has restructured the tripartite committee to draft proposed amendments to the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006, aligning it with recommendations from global stakeholders, including the International Labour Organisation...
The Committee on Freedom of Association of the International Labour Organisation urged the government of Bangladesh to ensure that the case of Grameenphone Employees Union pending before a labour court in Dhaka is concluded without further delay...
THE absence of a legal definition of caregiving and no legal framework as yet for the protection of caregivers have held back the sector that is said to have the potential to create about seven million jobs by 2035. Insufficient investments and an incomplete legislative framework for care work are listed as significant challenges in the sector, as a study...
Bangladesh鈥檚 caregiving sector has the potential to create about seven million new jobs by 2035, but the sector has been facing significant challenges, including insufficient investment and an incomplete legislative framework for care work, according to an International Labour Organisation study...
Social safety net programmes are considered an effective mechanism to bridge the income gap and build an inclusive society, but successive governments have given little policy attention to the issue. A recent International Labour Organisation report shows that 91.3 per cent of people in Bangladesh lack any form of social protection...
Bangladesh and other countries in South Asia recorded the highest unemployment rate of 15.1 per cent in 2023, according to an International Labour Organisation report...
The impact of excessive hit at work in Bangladesh is higher than the global average, though the situation has worsened more slowly over the past 20 years, according to the International Labour Organisation...
鈥楢dvancing Decent Work in Bangladesh鈥� project, a collaborative initiative between Bangladesh and the International Labour Organisation, was launched on Thursday to support the implementation of the government鈥檚 labour sector reform...
Bangladesh must increase labour productivity by 1.5 per cent each year to fulfil its ambition of becoming a high-income country by 2050, as the country is expected to see its demographic dividend decline heavily due to an increased old-age dependency ratio, said a global report...
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association President SM Mannan (Kochi) has urged the International Labour Organisation to take an initiative to establish such a code, stressing its significance for the benefit of all stakeholders - including buyers, manufacturers and workers worldwide...