31Dec 2017

VIOLATION OF LABOR RIGHTS IN BANGLADESH: IMPROVEMENT OF BANGLADESH LABOR LAW.

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The workers of Bangladesh from every sector have to face discrimination and violation in the respect of legal and rights that workers generally complain about low wages, delay in payment of wages, unsafe and unhealthy working conditions, no medical facilities, unjust termination and dismissal. RMG Industry has been the life-blood of the economy of Bangladesh that sector about 80% of the total export earnings of the country. Abusing of labor rights in this sector, Labor came down in the street and making insurgence on their demand and going to strike. Not only RMG Industry labor but also others Industry facing same problem and they are going to strike for their demand. As a result, many companies are losing working-hours and production targets and it also hampers export earnings and image of the country to international markets. If we discussions about Chinese worker rights that are protected by fairly comprehensive set of labor law and include requirements for minimum wages, overtime pay maximum working hour limits and safely working place, make social stability that there are no violence and no protections, If labor dispute is raise then it will be turned from something aggressive and unproductive to peaceful legal productive process. In this article contains Violation of Bangladesh labor rights and how to good improvement strategy in Bangladesh labor law, following some development countries labor law, ILO and Chinese Labor law regulations. So, it also mention labor conditions of Bangladesh and abuse of labor rights and how it will be improve by support others law and regulations.

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[Zikrul Alam Mandol. (2017); VIOLATION OF LABOR RIGHTS IN BANGLADESH: IMPROVEMENT OF BANGLADESH LABOR LAW. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Dec). 2017-2029] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Md. Zikrul Alam Mandol
School of Law Shanghai University of Finance & Economics

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