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Chapter I

Preliminary

1. Short title, commencement and application.

(1) This Act may be called the Bangladesh labor Act, 2006.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

(3) Save as otherwise specified elsewhere in this Act, it extends to the whole of Bangladesh.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3), this Act shall not apply to the

following establishments or workers, namely:

(a) Government or any office under the Government;

(b) security printing press;

(c) ordnance factory;

(d) any institution, run for treatment, care or service of the sick, disabled, aged, destitute,

handicapped, orphan, abandoned woman or child or widow, but not run for profit or gain;

(e) shops or stalls in any public exhibition or show established for its own requirement which

deal only in retail trade;

(f) shops or stalls in any public fair or bazaar established for religious or charitable purposes;

(g) any educational, training or research institution1[run not for any profit or gain];

(h) any hostel, mess2[, hospital, clinic and diagnostic center] run not for any profit or gain;
(i) in the case of application of Chapter II, any shop or industrial or commercial establishment

owned and directly operated by the Government where the workers are governed by the conduct

rules applicable to the Government servants;

(j) any worker whose recruitment and terms and conditions of service are governed by the Acts

or rules made under article 62, 79, 113 or 133 of the Constitution, but in the case of application

of Chapters XII, XIII and XIV, the workers employed in the following establishments shall not

be subject to this prohibition, namely:

(i) railway department;

(ii) post, telegraph and telephone department;

(iii) roads and highways department;

(iv) public works department;

(v) public health engineering department;

(vi) Bangladesh Government printing press;

(k) workers employed in an establishment mentioned in clauses (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h),

but in the case of application of Chapters XII, XIII and XIV, the workers other than teachers,

employed in any university shall not be subject to this prohibition;

(l) seamen, in the cases other than the case of application of Chapters XII, XIII and XIV;

(m) ocean going vessels, in the cases other than the case of the application of Chapter XVI;

(n) any agricultural farm where normally less than 3[five] workers work;
(o) domestic servants; and

(p) any establishment run by its owner with the aid of members of his family and where no

worker is employed for wages.


CHAPTER II

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND SERVICE

Conditions of service.

(1) In every establishment employment of workers and other matters incidental thereto shall be

regulated in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter: Provided that any establishment may

have its own service rules regulating employment of workers, but no such rules shall be less

favorable to any worker than the provisions of this Chapter1[:] 2[Provided further that the

establishments to which this Act does not apply shall not make any policy, rule or house policy

providing benefits less than the benefits provided in this Act.]

(2) The service rules mentioned in the proviso to sub-section (1) shall be submitted to the Chief

Inspector for approval by the employer of the establishment and the Chief Inspector shall, within

3[90 (ninety) days] of the receipt thereof, make such order as he deems fit.

(3) No service rules mentioned in sub-section (2) shall be effective except with the approval of

the Chief Inspector.


CHAPTER III

EMPLOYMENT OF ADOLESCENT WORKER

Restrictions on employment of children and adolescents.

(1) No child shall be employed or permitted to work in any occupation or establishment.

(2) No adolescent shall be employed or permitted to work in any occupation or establishment,

unless

(a) a certificate of fitness in the form prescribed by rules, and granted to him by a registered

medical practitioner is in the custody of the employer; and

(b) he carries, while at work, a token containing a reference to such certificate.

(3) Nothing of sub-section (2) shall apply to the employment of any adolescent in any occupation

or establishment either as an apprentice or for receiving vocational training.


CHAPTER IV

MATERNITY BENEFIT

Prohibition of engagement of women worker in work in certain cases.

(1) No employer shall knowingly engage a woman in his establishment during the 8 (eight)

weeks immediately following the day of her delivery.

(2) No woman shall work in any establishment during the 8 (eight) weeks immediately following

the day of her delivery.

(3) No employer shall employ any woman for doing any work which is of an arduous nature or

which involves long hours of standing or which is likely to adversely affect her health, if

(a) he has reason to believe or if the woman has informed him that she is likely to deliver a child

within 10 (ten) weeks;

(b) to the knowledge of the employer the woman has delivered a child within the preceding 10

(ten) weeks:
CHAPTER V

HEALTH AND HYGIENE

Cleanliness. Every establishment shall be kept clean and free from effluvia arising from any

drain, privy or any other nuisance, and in particular.

(a) the dirt and refuge shall be removed daily by sweeping in a suitable manner from the floors,

work-rooms, staircases and passages of the establishment;

(b) the floor of every work-room shall be washed at least once in every week and, if necessary,

disinfectant shall be used in washing;

(c) where any floor becomes wet in the course of any manufacturing process to such an extent

that drainage is required thereof, effective means of drainage shall be provided and maintained.

CHAPTER VI
SAFETY

Safety of building and machinery.

(1) When it appears to an Inspector that any building, or any part thereof, or any road, machinery

or plant 1[or internal electrical system of a building] an establishment is in a condition which is

dangerous to human life or safety, he may, by an order in writing, direct the employer to take

such measures as, in his opinion, are required to be taken, within such time as may be specified

in the said order.

(2) When it appears to an Inspector that the use of any building, or any part thereof or any road,

machinery or plant 2[or internal electrical system of a building] an establishment is in imminent

danger to human life or safety, he may, by an order in writing, address to the employer, prohibit

its use until it is properly repaired or altered.

CHAPTER VII
SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO HEALTH, HYGIENE AND SAFETY

Dangerous operation. Where the Government is satisfied that any operation carried on in an

establishment exposes any person employed in it to a serious risk of bodily injury, poisoning or

disease, it may, by rules, make the following provisions for such establishment, namely:

(a) to declare which operations are hazardous;

(b) to prohibit the employment of women, adolescents or children in such operation;

(c) to provide for regular medical examination of persons employed in such operation and to

prohibit the employment of persons not certified to be fit for such employment;

CHAPTER VIII
WELFARE MEASURES

First-aid appliances.

(1) In every establishment, the first-aid box or cupboard equipped with the contents prescribed

by rules shall be provided to be readily accessible during all working hours.

(2) The number of such box or cupboard shall not be less than one for every 150 (one hundred

and fifty) workers ordinarily employed in the establishment.

(3) Every first-aid box or cupboard shall be kept in charge of such a responsible person who is

trained in first-aid treatment, and who shall be available during all working hours of the

establishment.

CHAPTER IX

WORKING HOUR AND LEAVE


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. 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;

CHAPTER X

WAGES AND PAYMENT THEREOF


Special definition of wages. - Unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, in this

Chapter, "wages" means the wages as defined in section 2 (45), and also includes the following

dues, namely:

(a) any bonus or other additional remuneration payable under the terms of employment;

(b) any remuneration payable for leave, holiday or overtime work;

(c) any remuneration payable under order of any Court or any award or settlement between the

parties.

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