Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq has said that the International Labour Organization (ILO) has suggested for further discussions to amend the labour law and not to rush in this regard.
"Today, we discussed the matter of labour law amendment. The Ministry of Labour and Employment has informed me about bringing some fresh amendments. Apart from these, ILO too had requested us for giving some statements," the minister said after a meeting with an ILO delegation at his ministry office in Dhaka on Tuesday, reports BSS.
Led by ILO Country Director Tuomo Poutiainen, the other delegation members included ILO Programme Manager Neeran Ramjuthan, Technical Officer Chayanich Thamparipattra, Senior Programme Officer Md Saidul Islam, and Programme Officer Chowdhury Albab Kadir.
Labour and Employment Secretary Md Ehsan-e-Elahi, Law and Justice Division Secretary Md Golam Sarwar and Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division Secretary Hafiz Ahmed Chowdhury, were present at the meeting, among others.
"Another four-member ILO team joined today's meeting virtually from Geneva. Almost all the sections of labour law were discussed today. We wanted to pass the labour law in the ongoing parliament session. But ILO suggested not to hurry and hold further discussions in this regard," Anisul said.
The law minister further said that discussion should be held with stakeholders also regarding some aspects of this act.
"So, we have reached two decisions. One is to hold this meeting again. In the meantime, a stakeholder facility meeting would be held under the initiative of ILO. The issues, where we have disagreements, will be discussed there," he said.
