Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq said a discussion with the International Labour Organization (ILO) is going on regarding the amendment of Bangladesh’s Labour Act, on 41 points on Sunday.
“We are discussing with ILO on 41 points to amend the labour act. Of those, we talked about 17 points today during our around two-and-a-half-hour-long discussion. We will hold a discussion tomorrow on the remaining 24 points,” the minister remarked after coming out of his meeting with the ILO delegation at the ministry, reports BSS.
Anisul said, during the meeting, that ILO gave some advice on the amendment of Bangladesh’s labour act, adding, “We are discussing how much that advice is logical for our country’s interest. Detailed discussion is going on, which of those advices would be acceptable to us and which would not be.”
Replying to a question on whether the discussion was satisfactory, the law minister said that there were some topics, which were certainly satisfactory as the discussion was held in detail. He said the meeting will be held today as well, starting from 11.30am.
A six-member ILO delegation, led by its country office Director Tuomo Poutiainen, joined the discussion, while Md Golam Sarwar, law and justice division secretary, and Md Mahbub Hossain, labour and employment secretary, were present at the meeting, among others.
