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Supporting document
Cost estimate of the proposed employment injury compensation scheme in Bangladesh
Fact sheet
Employment Injury Insurance Scheme for Bangladesh (English)
Social security
Letter of Intent Bangladesh-Germany ILO for the development of a National Employment Injury Insurance
Rana Plaza legacy
Bangladesh moves towards employment injury insurance
Rana Plaza: five years on
Increase national capacity instead of foreign dependency
Trade union leaders and workers rights groups called to make the RMG safety progress a sustainable one by increasing national capacity instead of foreign dependency. They also demanded introduction of injury insurance scheme for workers to ensure...
Social security
Strengthening employment injury schemes to prevent occupational accidents and diseases
Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork)
Technical report
Bangladesh: Rana Plaza Compensation Scheme
Since Rana Plaza accident, stakeholders have made efforts to provide compensation to the victims and their dependants. The main objective of this technical report is to document the design and operation of the scheme so that experiences and lessons...
Technical note
Bangladesh: comparison between employment injury provisions in the Labour Act and standard provisions of an employment injury insurance...
Schemes providing compensation to workers suffering employment injuries or to the dependants of deceased workers are the oldest and the most widespread social insurance measures in the world. They can be roughly classified into two main...
Social security
ILO, Germany and Bangladesh sign agreement to jointly develop employment injury insurance (EII) scheme
The International Labour Organization (ILO), Germany and the Government of Bangladesh will collaborate in the development of an Employment Injury Insurance (EII) Scheme for Bangladesh.
Lessons from Rana Plaza
Germany and the ILO support Bangladesh in setting up an occupational accident insurance system
In conjunction with the International Labour Organization, Germany is supporting Bangladesh in the area of occupational safety and health, specifically in setting up a statutory accident insurance system.
Accident compensation
Rana Plaza victims’ compensation scheme secures funds needed to make final payments
ILO Director-General encouraged by milestone but says more work remains to be done.
Rana Plaza - Two years on
Progress made and challenges ahead for the Bangladesh ready-made garment sector
In two years since Rana Plaza collapsed, considerable progress has been made towards creating a safer ready made garment sector for Bangladesh. This ILO publication looks at what has been achieved and the challenges still ahead.
Social security
Workplace injury insurance must be part of the Rana Plaza legacy
Gilbert Houngbo, ILO Deputy Director-General for Field Operations and Partnerships speaks about the lessons for Bangladesh from the Rana Plaza tragedy
Policy guide
Strengthening the role of employment injury schemes to help prevent occupational accidents and diseases
The aim of this guide is to provide policy recommendations for future direction in the area of employment injury schemes. The guide is targeted at national authorities dealing with occupational safety and health (OSH).
ILO-CGAP case study
Health microinsurance: A comparative study of three examples in Bangladesh - Good and bad practices in microinsurance
CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance Good and Bad Practices - Case Study No. 13 (Electronic Resource)
Social security project
Developing a national employment injury insurance (EII) scheme for the Bangladesh ready-made garment sector
This initiative supports the political willingness of the Bangladesh government and social partners to adopt a national employment injury insurance scheme and to set up the public institution required for its implementation.
Project: Decent work
Advancing Decent Work in Bangladesh
The project is a comprehensive and coordinated joint response by ILO, the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and workers' and employers' organizations to advance labour reforms and decent work in support of a smooth transition out of the Least Developed...
Project: Social security
Implementation of a pilot Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) in Bangladesh
This initiative is supporting the Government of Bangladesh, and the social partners to a pilot an employment injury scheme (EIS) in the ready-made garments (RMG) sector as the first step towards a sustainable contributory social insurance system in...