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Bangladesh LABOUR LAW SURVEY
(as reported on Asia Women Workers Newsletter January 1997)
2. Minimum Wage
US$23/month
3. Night Work for Women Workers
Women workers are not allowed to work between 8pm to 7am
4. Overtime Work for Women Workers
No
5. Menstruation Leave - Wheather need special application
No
6. Maternity Protection:
6.1. Length of leave
Six weeks before and six weeks after delivery
6.2. Payment during leave
Full pay (Only if the women workers have worked for at least one year)
6.3. Who pay for it
Employer
6.4. Any laws prohibiting employers from dismissing the pregnant women workers
Dismissal is strictly prohibited on the ground of pregnancy
6.5. Any laws allowing women workers who are more than six months' pregnancy shift to lighter work
Yes, can shift to lighter work
6.6 Any other provisions
Maternity benefit only covers for two children
7. Comments on the Overall Implementation of the Labor Laws
Due to lack of knowledge, illiteracy, poverty and being unorganised themselves, women workers are kept behind. To resolve the situation, women workers need to be the focus point and put to the main stream of movement
8. Ratification of selected ILO Conventions (45,87, 89, 98, 100, 103, 111, 122, 140, 142, 156, 171, 177)
45, 87, 89, 98, 111
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