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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
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.
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.
Social security
Essentials for a successful employment injury insurance system
A practical guide on policy, institutional governance, legislation, administration and sustainable finance.
Child labour
A review of social safety-net programmes to make them more responsive to the needs of child labour in Bangladesh
This report reviews the existing social safety-net programmes of Bangladesh to find out how the child labour issue has been addressed (directly or indirectly) through the social safety-net programmes and suggests possible ways to fill the gaps in...
Executive summary
Technical report on the feasibility assessment of an employment injury insurance scheme
Feasibility recommendations
Technical recommendations on the feasibility assessment of an employment injury insurance scheme in Bangladesh
Technical report
ILO Technical recommendations on the feasibility assessment of an employment injury insurance scheme in Bangladesh
Supporting document
Cost estimate of the proposed employment injury compensation scheme in Bangladesh
Supporting document
Main findings of work-related injuries: the case of the readymade garment sector in Bangladesh
Supporting document
Main findings of work-related injuries in manufacturing and service sectors in Bangladesh with a view to implement an employment injury...
Supporting document
A proposed legal framework for a Bangladesh employment injury insurance scheme
Supporting document
Health feasibility study: health care, disability assessment and rehabilitation services