CPD RMG Study Stitching a better future for Bangladesh
Published in the Daily Star on 13, May, 2017
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said her government is going to introduce a long-term and sustainable employment injury scheme soon to ensure better benefits and support for workers.
Hasina was addressing a programme marking the distribution of cheques of financial assistance among 64 people, including successors of the deceased workers and their meritorious children studying in medical, engineering and agriculture disciplines, from the fund of Bangladesh Workers Welfare Foundation at her office.
She said representatives of the government, owners and workers have already made a visit to Germany to know about the employment injury scheme and they have gained practical knowledge. “We want to introduce this in Bangladesh very soon, and if it happens, the workers will get more support. I hope owners, workers and the organisations concerned will work sincerely to this end.”
She said there is a provision in the Bangladesh Labour Act to provide proper compensation to the deceased workers if they die in accidents or from occupational diseases, and if they lose their working capacity.
