Department of Labour (Bangladesh)

Department of Labour (Bengali: শ্রম অধিদপ্তর) is a Bangladesh government regulatory agency under the Ministry of Labour and Employment responsible for regulating the labour market in Bangladesh. Goutom Kumar is the director general of the Department of Labour.[1]

Department of Labour
Formation1931
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Websitewww.dol.gov.bd

History

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Directorate of Labour was established in 1931 by the British Raj government and was upgraded in 1958 by the Government of Pakistan.[2] The directorate was upgrade to a department in 2017.[3]

The department has the authority to register unions in Bangladesh and its decisions can be challenged at the Labour Appellate Tribunal.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Department of Labour". Department of Labour. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ ইতিহাস [History]. Department of Labour (in Bengali). Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  3. ^ Haque, Moinul (27 November 2017). "Directorate of labour upgraded to department". New Age.
  4. ^ "GP staff protest union registration delay". The Daily Star. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  5. ^ "HC declares BIWTA Sramik Karmachari Union illegal". The Daily Star. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.