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  Labour law reinforces bonded labour among tea workers: dialogue

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on December 20, 2019

  Minority leaders and human rights campaigners on Thursday demanded amendments to the existing labour law as it reinforces bonded labour among tea workers...

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  Leave is a right

  | Updated at 12:00am on November 23, 2019

  Casual leave is not a matter of kindness. I never asked for leave for any period during my sickness. But the administrative personnel are still...

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  3 lakh cases of violation in 3 years

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 12:00am on November 04, 2019

  A total of 2.96 lakh violations of labour laws were recorded in workplaces across the country in 2016-18 with the highest number of breaches occurring...

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  South Koreans using spy gadgets to fight workplace bullying

  Reuters . Seoul | Updated at 12:00am on September 04, 2019

  South Korean workers fed up with bullying are being increasingly emboldened by a new tougher labour law to secretly record alleged abuse or harassment by...

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  Labour rights groups demand more amendments to labour law

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:52am on July 14, 2019

  Labour rights groups on Saturday demanded further amendment of Bangladesh Labour Act to make it friendly for workers removing a number of repressive provisions. In...

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  Labour law for ‘knowledge workers’ in the offing

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on March 31, 2019

  The government has taken an initiative to enact a labour law for ‘knowledge workers’ as the existing laws could not protect the interest of people...

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  Proposed amendments to labour act devastating for workers

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on October 08, 2018

  Labour leaders on Sunday said that the proposals put forward by labour rights groups were ignored in finalising proposed amendments to the labour act....

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  SKOP wants amendment to draft labour law

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on September 19, 2018

  Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad, a platform of workers and employees, on Tuesday demanded time-befitting amendments to the draft labour law to protect the interest of...

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  Bangladesh workers to get benefits as Qatar reforms labour law

  Md Owasim Uddin Bhuyan | Updated at 12:09am on September 17, 2018

  Expatriate workers can leave Qatar without sponsors’ permission under recently reformed labour laws of the Gulf nation. Bangladeshi workers in Qatar said that they would...

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  Domestic workers demand labour law coverage

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:19am on September 11, 2018

  Existing labour law covers legal protection of only 15 per cent of workers and rest of 85 workers, mostly employed in the informal sectors, were...