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Bangladesh's Employment Injury Scheme: rebuilding a life after a workplace injury
A road accident on a work errand cost 24-year-old garment worker Fahim Hossain his leg. A monthly pension and free rehabilitation through Bangladesh's Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) Pilot helped him return to work and rebuild his life with dignity.
News
BEPZA and ILO commit to a permanent injury scheme for EPZ workers
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority and the International Labour Organisation have renewed their pledge to launch a permanent Employment Injury Scheme for workers in export processing zones by 2027, striving to set a new milestone in...
News
Shipowners can now take a simple, powerful step to help protect ship recycling workers
The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) and the ILO have launched a pilot Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) giving shipowners a straightforward and effective way support safer, more responsible ship recycling in Bangladesh, the world’s...
Social security
First beneficiaries of Bangladesh’s pilot employment injury scheme from export processing zones notified
Workers in Bangladesh's export processing zones begin to benefit from employment injury compensation, a key social security measure that guarantees income security for other workers and their families in the country's export-oriented ready-made...
Supply chains - Policy coherence
Protecting garment workers through employment injury insurance
Bangladesh expands social protection for garment workers through employment injury insurance
Blog
From Bangladesh to Bangkok: journey with ILO to labour research conference
As Bangladesh navigates alignment of its labour laws to international standards, the demand for greater public awareness and stronger advocacy has never been greater. This is where lessons can be learnt from global networks.
Beneficiary story
Bangladesh’s employment injury compensation rebuilds Rahul Ruram’s hopes and dreams
Through an employment injury scheme (EIS) being piloted in Bangladesh’s readymade garment sector, Rahul Ruram was not only able to access treatment promptly after an accident at work but was also found eligible for injury compensation.
Social security
Bangladesh expands Employment Injury Scheme to workers in Export Processing Zones
Employment injury beneficiary
A family’s tragedy, a company’s promise
After losing the last of his children, Johirul Hoque found solace and a friend in his late son's employer, who promptly reported the fatal factory accident and helped him to apply for compensation through a pilot employment injury scheme in...
Beneficiary story
Bangladesh employment injury scheme: silent guardian for garment workers and their families
Bangladesh's pilot employment injury scheme is providing vital income support to workers who suffer workplace accidents, and their families.
Social security
Bangladesh garment sector injury scheme to include commuting accidents
Effective 1 July 2024, the employment injury scheme being piloted in the readymade garment sector was expanded to cover accidents that may occur while workers commute to and from work.
Statement
Employment injury insurance in Bangladesh: bridging social security in cases of tragedy
Employment injury schemes can be a bridging solution for social security in cases of tragedies such as the Rana Plaza building collapse and the Tazreen fire.
Pensions
Fulfilling social protection for older persons in Bangladesh
Ensuring income security for people in old age is a crucial dimension of the UN common agenda of social security and universal social protection for all. The rights of older people to social security and to an adequate standard of living are laid...
Social security
EIS Sub-Committee continues to enroll RMG workers for compensation for work-related death and disability
Since the piloting of an Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) for workers in June 2022, the Government of Bangladesh constituted a tripartite sub-committee to regularly meet and review cases of work-related deaths and disabilities in the ready-made...
Occupational safety and health
Handbook and checklist for model enterprise clinics in garment industry launched
The handbook will help factories and enterprises provide healthcare facilities to better cater for workers' health and general wellbeing while at work as stipulated in the Bangladesh Labour Act.
Occupational safety and health
Thirty garment and knitwear factories awarded for successfully piloting model enterprise clinics
Under the Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) Project, Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) and Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA)organized a learning dissemination and award-giving ceremony...
Social security
Training of trainers to support implementation of model enterprise clinics
The Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) Project funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bangladesh, organized a two-day Training for Trainers (ToT) for employer organisations (BGMEA and BKMEA) on implementing the 'Model Enterprise...
Social security
Newly formed EIS Governance Board convenes third meeting
Under the Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) Pilot, the third meeting of the Governance Board was held on 11 April 2023, aiming to enhance Employment Injury Protection for ready-made garment workers.
Social security
Pilot employment injury scheme launched to provide income protection to Bangladesh's garment workers
The pilot employment injury scheme is a historic step towards strengthening occupational safety and health in Bangladesh.
Social security
‘Geneva Declaration’ between employers of Bangladesh and ILO to promote the employment injury scheme pilot
Employers of Bangladesh consent to a pilot Employment Injury Scheme in the readymade garment.