The government has formed a ‘Labour related complaints Monitoring Committee’ to resolve the ongoing labour dispute in various sectors including RMG and pharmaceuticals.
Labour and Employment Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan said this after a meeting with advisers in the ministry on Wednesday.
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, BSS reports.
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.
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.
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