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| Name: | Maternity Benefit Act, 1939 (Bengal Act No. 4 of 1939) [as amended]. |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Subject(s): | Maternity protection |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1939 |
| Entry into force: | |
| ISN: | BGD-1939-L-47335 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=47335&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Legislation Bangladesh, 1992, Alimullah Miyan, Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, Deventer and Boston, 5 p. Bangladesh Labour and Industrial Law, 1995, A. A. Kahn, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2nd ed. Labour and Industrial Relations Act, 1996, Chowdhury, Bangladesh, pp. 440-446 Labour and Industrial Laws, 2000-04, Nirmalendu Dhar with assistance of Nesar Ahmed, Remisi Publishers, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 735-744 |
| Abstract/Citation: | Prohibits employment of a woman worker 6 weeks before delivery and 6 weeks after. If a woman has been employed for nine months before the day of delivery, she shall be entitled to maternity benefit. Prohibits dismissal of a woman worker during manternity leave. |
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