Photo: BSS The government has formed a ‘Labour related complaints
Monitoring Committee’ to resolve the labour dispute for improvement of the
country’s labour situation.
Adviser
to the Ministry of Labour and Employment Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan said this
after a meeting with advisers in the ministry on Wednesday (September 11).
Finance
and Commerce Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md
Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Adviser Dr M.
Fouzul Kabir Khan, Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhtar and
Industries Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan were present.
Additional
Secretary of the Labour Wing has been made the convener and Director of Trade
Unions and Arbitration of the Department of Labor has been made the member
secretary of the committee, the adviser said adding that three labour leaders,
two lawyers of the Supreme Court and two representatives of owners will be
included in the committee.
Asif
said the committee has been formed aimed at allowing the labourers to submit
their grievances to the government.
The
meeting discussed the prevailing labor situation in RMG and non-RMG sectors and
has taken decision for quick payment of the arrears of the salaries and
allowances of the labourers, strengthen relation of the officials with
labourers and resolve the existing problems through field-visit of the
concerned officials.
He
said aggrieved labourers would be allowed to submit their complaints to the
concerned desk opened in room number 1801 of Shrama Bhavan at Bijoy Nagar in
Dhaka.
The
committee will take measures to meet up the legitimate demands of the labourers
which are possible to resolve in a short term and long term basis.
