Human Resource Compliances According to

Bangladesh Labor Law 2013(Amendment)

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 HR compliances:
 HR compliance is a process and there are several rules, laws and
acts to consider, such as:

• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

•Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)
•Sexual harassment antidiscrimination
laws
•Employee welfare
•Working hours & leave and many
more.

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 HR compliance Issues
1. Employment standards and workplace conduct
2. Workers Compensation
3. Discrimination, workplace harassment, violence and
bullying prevention.
4. Occupational Health and Safety
5. Trade union and industrial Relation
6. Misconduct and disciplinary action

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 The main duty of a compliance officer’s
 To establish contacts and hold consultations with a view
to maintaining harmonious relations between the
management of the factory and the workers.
 Preventing unethical, illegal or conduct
 Establishing effective communication.
 Assisting and investigation and resolving any problems.
 Support and assist legal issues.

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 Statutory Compliances in Bangladesh
 Labor Law 2006
 Labor Law 2013 (amendment)
 Wages act 1936

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 1. Employment standards and workplace conduct

 Recruitment & Selection process

 Working hour & overtime
 leave- Festival, casual, annual, sick ,paternity,
maternity
 Flexibility

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 2. Workers Compensation
 Payment of wages
 Calculation of wages
 Minimum wages
 Incentives, benefits, bonus
 Pension, provident fund

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 3. Discrimination, workplace harassment,
violence and bullying prevention.

 Wages discrimination (favoritism/nepotism)

 Train managers and all other employees on the policy.
 Sexual harassment, particularly stuff like unwelcome
touching and sexually explicit comments.
 Attacking or threatening with equipment, knives, guns, clubs
or any other type of object that can be turned into a weapon.
 Making fun of your work or you as a person (including your
family, gender, race or culture, education or economic
background)

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 4. Occupational Health and Safety
 Safe and healthy working environment
 Adequacy of functioning toilets
 Presence of emergency shut off switches
 Availability of clean drinking water
 Proper conditions for dormitories
 Proper conditions for dinning facilities
 Proper conditions for medical facilities
 Fire exit
 Industrial hygiene
 Machinery and equipment safely and many more.

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 5. Trade union and industrial Relation
 Trade union in Bangladesh-National federation, Industrial
federation, garments federation and garments union.

For e.g.Jatiya Sramik Federation, Bangladesh Trade Union

Kendra , Jatiyo Sramik Jote, Bangledesh Trade Union
Federation, Jatio Sramik Federation, Bangledesh, Jatio Sramik
Federation, Bangledesh

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 6. Misconduct and disciplinary action
 Unethical or illegal activity
 violation to any of the rules relating to conditions of service.
 Theft, fraud or dishonesty in connection with the business or
property of the factory or enterprise.
 Taking or giving bribe in connection with his or her
employment.
Disciplinary action:
 Follow the Govt. labor law for taking any disciplinary action
against any worker.

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 That’s All

Thank you

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