Working hour and leave

• S.100. Daily working hour. No adult worker shall ordinarily work or

be required to work in an establishment for more than 8 (eight)
hours in a day:
• Provided that subject to the provisions of section 108, any such
worker may work in an establishment up to 10 (ten) hours also in a
day.
• Procedure of daily working hour and notice of the working time of
adult workers is outlined in the Rule-99 and 105 of the Bangladesh
Labour Rules 2015.
• S.101. Interval for rest or meal. In an establishment no worker shall
be liable to-
• (a) work for more than 6 (six) hours in a day, unless he is given an
interval of 1 (one) hour for rest or meal during that day;
• (b) work for more than 5 (five) hours in a day, unless he is given an
interval of half an hour for the said purpose during that day; or

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• (c) work for more than 8 (eight) hours in a day, unless he is
given 1 (one) interval under clause (a) or 2 (two) intervals
under clause (b) for the said purpose during that day[;]
• [(d) notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the
Government shall, by rules, prescribe the working and rest
hours for various factories wherein the workers are engaged
in physically hazardous and laborious work including
construction, re-rolling, steel-mills, ship breaking and
welding.]
• S.102. Weekly working hours.(1) No adult worker shall
ordinarily work or be required to work in an establishment for
more than 48 (forty-eight) hours in a week.
• (2) Subject to the provisions of section 108, an adult worker
may work for more than 48 (forty-eight) hours also in a week:

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• S.117. Annual leave with wages.(1) Every adult worker who
has completed 1 (one) year of continuous service in an
establishment shall be allowed during the following period
of 12 (twelve) months’ leave with wages for days calculated
on the basis of the works of the preceding 12 (twelve)
months at the following rate, namely:-
• (a) 1 (one) day for every 18 (eighteen) days of work, in the
case of a shop or commercial or industrial establishment or
factory or road transport establishment;
• (b) 1 (one) day for every 22 (twenty two) days of work, in
the case of tea plantation;
• (c) 1 (one) day for every 11 (eleven) days of work, in the case
of a newspaper worker.
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• (2) Every adolescent worker who has completed 1 (one) year
of continuous service in an establishment shall be allowed
during the subsequent period of 12 (twelve) months’ leave
with wages for a number of days calculated for the works of
previous 12 (twelve) months at the following rate, namely:-
• (a) 1 (one) day for every 15 (fifteen) days of work, in the case
of a factory;
• (b) 1 (one) day for every 18 (eighteen) days of work, in the
case of a tea plantation;
• (c) 1 (one) day for every 14 (fourteen) days of work, in the
case of a shop or commercial or industrial establishment.
• (3) If any holiday occurs into the leave granted under this
section shall be included in such leave.
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• (4) If a worker does not, in any period of 12 (twelve) months, take
the leave either in whole or in part, to which he is entitled under
sub-sections (1) or (2), such leave shall be added to the leave which
he is entitled to in the succeeding period of 12 (twelve) months.
• (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (4), an
adolescent worker shall cease to earn any leave under this section,
when the earned leave due to him amounts to-
• (a) 40 (forty) days in the case of a factory or road transport
establishment;
• (b) 60 (sixty) days in the case of a tea plantation or shop or
commercial or industrial establishment.
• (6) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (4), an
adolescent worker shall cease to earn any leave under this section
when the earned leave due to him amounts to-

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• (a) 60 (sixty) days in the case of a factory or tea plantation;
• (b) 80 (eighty) days in the case of a shop or commercial or
industrial establishment.
• (7) If a worker applies for earned leave and is refused by the
employer for any reason, such refused leave shall be added to the
credit of such worker beyond the limit mentioned in sub-section
(5) or (6).
• (8) For the purposes of this section, a worker shall be deemed to
have completed a period of continuous service in an
establishment notwithstanding any interruption in service during
that period occurred due to-
• (a) any holiday;
• (b) any leave with wages;
• (c) any leave with or without wages due to sickness or accident;

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• (d) any maternity leave not exceeding 16 (sixteen) weeks;
• (e) any period of lay-off;
• (f) any legal strike or any illegal lock-out.
• Procedure of Annual leave with wage facility and maintenance of the
workers Leave Book is outlined in the Rule-107 of the Bangladesh Labour
Rules 2015.
• S.118. Festival holidays.- (1) Every worker shall be allowed in a calendar
year 11 (eleven) days of festival holiday with wages.
• (2) The employer shall fix the day and dates of such leave in such manner
as may be prescribed by rules.
• (3) A worker may be required to work on any festival holiday, but he shall
be provided with 1 (one) day substitute holiday and 2 (two) days
compensatory wages for this.
• Procedure of Festival Leave is outlined in the Rule- 109 and 110 of the
Bangladesh Labour rules 2015.

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• S.119. Calculation of wages and payment thereof during the period of
leave or holiday.- (1) For the leave or holidays allowed to a worker
under this Act, he shall be paid at the rate equal to the daily average
of his full time wages, dearness allowances, and ad-hoc or interim
wage, if any, except any overtime allowance and bonus for the days
on which he worked during the month immediately preceding his
leave:
• Provided that if a worker in any establishment is entitled to cash in
lieu of any advantage of supply of food grains, it shall be included in
his wages.
• (2) If an adult worker is allowed annual leave for a period of not less
than 4 (four) days and an adolescent worker for period of not less
than 5 (five) days, at a time, he shall, in so far as it is practicable, be
paid his wages for the period of the leave so allowed, before his leave
begins.
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