North South University

2017

EMB 602 Spring 2017

North south university)
2/2/2017
 Name of Course: HRD (EMB 602)
Spring 2017

Assignment on: 2nd constitution of Bangladesh and Full time and

part time worker from the Bangladesh labour law 2013

Submitted to:
Prof. Khair Jahan Sogra, PhD

North South University (Part time)

Submitted By:

Shaharul islam, ID:

 Constitution of Bangladesh

Q. According to Constitution of Bangladesh, what has mentioned EEO or equal

employment opportunity?

Section29: Equality of opportunity for employment

There shall be equality of opportunity for all citizens in respect of employment or office in
the service of the Republic. (2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex
or place of birth, be ineligible for, or discriminated against in respect of, any employment or
office in the service of the Republic. (3) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from -
(a) making special provision in favour of any backward section of citizens for the purpose of
securing their adequate representation in the service of the Republic; (b) giving effect to any
law which makes provision for reserving appointments relating to any religious or
denominational institution to persons of that religion or denomination; reserving for
members of one sex any class of employment or office on the ground that it is considered
by its nature to be unsuited to members of the opposite sex.

Section19: Equality of opportunity

(1) The State shall endeavour to ensure equality of opportunity to all citizens. (2) The State
shall adopt effective measures to remove social and economic inequality between man and
man and to ensure the equitable distribution of wealth among citizens, and of opportunities
in order to attain a uniform level of economic development throughout the Republic

Bangladesh Labor Law

Q. According to Bangladesh labor law what is written for full time and part time worker?

Permanent:

Section 27 of principal Act amended Section 27 of the principal Act is amended

(2A) Every worker, other than a part-time worker, who remains in continuous employment
with the same employer for a period of 6 consecutive months and who has been present on
all the working days during that period, shall be entitled during each subsequent month up
to the twelfth month, while he remains in continuous employment with the same employer,
to one days annual leave up to a maximum of 6 days annual leave.

Temporary:

A worker shall be called a temporary worker if he is employed in an establishment for work

which is essentially of temporary nature, & is likely to be finished within a limited period.

DAILY WORKING HOURS

 Section-100: No Adult Worker Shall ordinarily be required or allowed to work in an
establishment for more than eight hours in any day. Provided that An adult worker
may work in an establishment not exceeding ten hours in any day. (Section 108)

Weekly Working hours

Section-102: Adult workers shall ordinarily be required or allowed to work in an

establishment for more than 48 hours in any week.

But an adult worker may work for more than 48 hours in a week

Provided that the total hours of work of an adult worker shall not exceed 60 hours in
any week and on the average 56 hours per week in any year.

Restriction on working hours of women

Section-109: No women shall, without her consent, be allowed to work in an

establishment in between 10 pm and 6 am

Extra allowance for OT

Section-108: When a worker works in an establishment for more then the prescribed
hours in any day or week, in that case he shall get OT at the rate of twice of average
of his basic wages.
Employee leaves policy for permanent worker
Casual leave policy
Section-115: Every worker shall be entitled to casual Leave with full wages for 10
(Ten) days in a calendar year. It will not be accumulated and carried forward to the
succeeding year.

Sick leave

Section-116: Every worker shall be entitled to sick leave with full wages for a total
period of 14 (Fourteen) days in a year. It will not be accumulated and carried
forward to the succeeding year.

Festival Holidays

Section-118: Every worker shall be allowed 11 (Eleven Days) festival holidays with
full wages in a year. A worker may be required to work on a festival holiday but 2
(Two) days additional compensatory holidays with full wages & a substitute holiday
shall be provided.

[Note: A worker may be required to work on festival holiday but two days additional
compensatory holiday with full wages & a substitute holiday shall be provided]
 End of year bonus (1) Where a worker remains in continuous employment with the
same employer in a year, the worker shall be entitled at-the end of that year to a
bonus equivalent to one-twelfth of his earnings for that year. (2) Every worker who
(a) takes employment during the course of a year; (b) is still in employment as at
31 December in that year; and (c) has performed a number of normal days work
with that employer, equivalent to not less than 80 per cent of the number of working
days, during his employment in that year,

Annual leave

Section-117: Every adult worker who has completed a period of one year continuous
service in the establishment shall be allowed leave & it calculated at the rate of 01
day for every 18 days of work.

[Note: Only Earned leave can carry forward to the succeeding year. Any leave
applied for by a worker but refused by his employer shall be added to the credit of
such worker]

Termination by employer or employee:

[Section 26,27] In the case of termination of the employment with notice by Employer-

The employer shall be terminated of monthly rate workers giving a written notice of
120 days and the employer shall be terminated of other workers giving a written
notice of 60 days.

In the case of termination of the employment with notice by Employee-

If a permanent worker desires to terminate his/her employment, 60 days written

notice must be given to the employer.

If a worker (in probation) desires to terminate his/her employment, 14 days notice

must be given to the employer.

Payment of Provident Fund:

Section-29: No worker, who is a member of any Provident fund shall not be deprived
due to retrenchment, dismissal, and discharge or terminated.

Time limit for payment of final dues of workers:

Section-30: The appointing authority shall pay all dues of a worker within maximum
of 30 working days of his discharge, dismissal, retirement or termination.

Service benefit
 A worker, who during the preceding twelve calendar months, has actually
worked in an establishment for not less than 240 days and 120 days, as the case
may be, shall be deemed to have completed 1 year or 6 month respectively of
continuous service in the establishment.

When a employment of permanent worker is terminated, he shall be paid by the

employer compensation

a. At a rate of 14 days wages for every completed year of service if he has

completed 5 years of continuous service or more but less than 10 years.
b. At the rate of 30 days wages for every completed year of service, if he has
completed 10 years of continuous service or more.