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Impact story
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...
Technical Brief
Technical Brief: National Employment Injury Scheme in Bangladesh
The Government of Bangladesh has committed to making the EIS a national scheme by July 2027. This marks a shift from the existing employer-liability system, found in Chapter XII of the Bangladesh Labour Act (BLA), to a nationally administered,...
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...
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.
Guidance note
Establishing an employment injury scheme in Bangladesh
This Guidance Note provides national stakeholders in Bangladesh with key elements for institutionalizing an Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) based on the experience and insights gained through the EIS Pilot. It outlines essential principles,...
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...
Results brief
Bangladesh employment injury scheme pilot - phase 1 achievements
The Bangladesh pilot employment injury scheme aims to provide income security to workers, and their families in the event of work-related injuries, disability or death.
Fact sheet
Pilot employment injury scheme for Bangladesh's garment sector
Fact sheet for the Bangladesh pilot employment injury scheme.
Social security
Video tutorial on establishing model enterprise clinics
Since 2013, ILO has been working with the Government of Bangladesh and industry partners to promote the well-being of workers within workplaces resulting in the development of a comprehensive handbook with a checklist for establishing model...
Occupational safety and health
Pictorial handbook to establish model enterprise clinics in the garment industry in Bangladesh
This handbook provides guidelines for implementing enterprise clinics in factories. They are based on relevant provisions in the Bangladesh Labour Act and Labour Rules and aim to ensure compliance while addressing the specific needs and challenges...
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...
Occupational safety and health
Guidelines to establish model enterprise clinics in RMG industries in Bangladesh
The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour & Employment, employers' associations including BGMEA, BKMEA, BEF, and workers organizations including NCCWE and IBC, is working to establish effective...
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.
Project fact sheet
Implementation of a pilot Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) in Bangladesh
The ILO is helping the Government of Bangladesh to pilot an EIS in the Bangladesh ready-made garments sector to provide income security to workers and their families in the event of injury or death at work.
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.