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

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
  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.


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