The Bangladesh labour act, 2006

SEC-21 Retrenchment
(1) A worker employed in an establishment may be retrenched from service on the ground of redundancy. (2) The employer shall retrench no worker who has been in continuous service for not less than one year under an employer. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub section 2 in the case of retrenchment of a worker under section 16(7), no notice as mentioned in sub section2.

SEC-23 punishment for conviction and misconduct:

(1) A worker may be dismissed without prior notice or pay in lieu thereof if he is (a) Convicted for any criminal offences (b) He is found guilty (2) Any worker found guilty may be awarded by a. Removal b. Censure c. Fine d. Suspend (3) a worker who is dismissed under sub section 1 or removed as a measure of punishment under sub section2 (a) shall, if his continuous service is not than one year, be paid by the employer compensation at the rate of fourteen days wages for every completed year of service. (4) The following act are treated as misconduct a. Habitual late attendance b. Habitual negligence work c. Taking or giving bribe

SEC-27 Termination of employment by workers

(1) A permanent worker may resign from his service by giving to the employer in writing sixty days notice. (2) A temporary worker may resign by thirty days notice or fourteen days . (3) Where a worker intends to resigns from his service without any notice he may do so by paying to the employer wages in lieu of the notice which is required to be given under sub section 1.

SEC-34 prohibition of employment of children and adolescent

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

SEC-175 Special definition of Worker

Worker means a worker as defined in sec 2 and includes for the purpose of any proceedings under this chapter in relation to an iindustrial dispute a person who has been dismissed discharged retrenched laid off or otherwise removed from employment in connection with or as a consequences of that dispute or whose dismissal lay off or removal has led to that dispute but does not include a person employment as a member of that watch and ward or security staff.

SEC-176 Trade unions of workers and employers (a) (b)

Workers without distinction shall have the right to form trade primarily for the purpose of regulating the relations between workers and employers. Employers without distinction shall have the right to form trade union primarily for the purpose of regulation the relations between employers and workers or employers and employers and to join of their own choosing. Trade union of workers and employers shall have the right to form and join federations and any such union and federations shall have the right to affiliate with any international organization and confederation of workers organization.

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SEC-202 Collective bargaining agent

(1) Where there is only one trade union in an establishment that trade union shall be deemed to be collective bargaining agent for such establishment. (2) If a trade union fails to indicate within the time specified in the notice to be a contestant in the secret ballot shall not be a contestant in such ballot. (3) The objections if any received by the director of labour within the specified time shall be disposed of by him after necessary enquiry (4) No person shall canvas for vote within a radius of forty five meters of the polling stations (5) If in any election for determination of collective bargaining agent any congestion trade union receives less than ten per cent of the total votes cast. (6) The provision of this section shall mutates mutandis apply to the election or determination of collective bargaining agent in group of establishment under this act

(7) The director of labour shall make such amendments alteration or modification in this list of workers submitted by the employers as may be required by any decision given by him on objections under sub section.

SEC-211 Strike and lock out

(1) The party which raised the dispute may within fifteen days of the issue to it a certificate of failure under section 210(11) either give to the other party a notice of strike or lockout at the case may be to commence on a day not earlier than seven days and not later than fourteen days of the date of such notice (2) If a strike or lockout is commenced both the parties may make a joint application to the labour court for adjudication of the dispute. (3) If a strike or lock out lasts for more than thirty days the government may by order in writing prohibit the strike or lock out. (4) In the axes of any of the public utility services the government may bu order in writing prohibit a strike at any time before or after the commencement of the strike or lock out. (5) In any case in which the government prohibits a strike or lock out it shall forthwith refer the dispute to the labour court.

SEC-214 Labour courts

(1) for the purpose of this act the government shall by notification in the official gazette established as many labour courts as it considers necessary. (2) The terms and conditions of appointment of the chairmen of the labour court shall be determined (3) The chairman of the labour court shall be appointed by the government from amongst the district judges (4) Al labour courts shall be subordinates to the tribunal.

SEC-227 Illegal strikes and lock outs (1) a strike or lock out shall be illegal if
a. it is declared commenced or continued within giving to the other party of the dispute in the prescribed manner a notice of strike before o after the date of strike specified on such notice b. it is declared commenced or consequence of an industrial dispute raised in a manner other than that provided in section 205 c. it is continued in contravention of an order made under section 211 or 226 (2) a lock out declared in consequences of an illegal strike and a strike declared in consequences of an illegal lock out shall not be deemed to be illegall