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BGD-2006-L-76402
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Labour Act, 2006 (XLII of 2006).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Bangladesh
Subjects (Classification)
Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations; Labour codes, general labour and employment acts
Adopted on (Date of text)
2006-10-11
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Annoted edition of the Labour Act, 2006.
Chapter I - Preliminary
Chapter II - Conditions of Service and Employment
Chapter III - Employment of Adolescent
Chapter IV - Maternity Benefit
Chapter V - Health and Hygiene
Chapter VI - Safety
Chapter VII - Special Provisions Relating to Health, Hygiene and Safety
Chapter VIII - Welfare
Chapter IX - Working Hours and Leave
Chapter X - Wages and Payment
Chapter XI - Wages Board
Chapter XII - Workers' Compensation For Injury by Accident
Chapter XIII - Trade Unions and Industrial Relations
Chapter XIV - Disputes, Labour Court, Labour Appellate Tribunal, Legal Proceedings, etc.
Chapter XV - Workers' Participation in Companies Profits
Chapter XVI - Regulation of Employment and Safety of Dock Workers
Chapter XVII - Provident Funds
Chapter XVIII - Apprenticeship
Chapter XIX - Penalty and Procedure
Chapter XX - Administration, Inspection, etc.
Chapter XXI - Miscellaneous
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
2013-07-22 (BGD-2013-L-94286)
Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. 30 of 2013).
Repealed Text region
Repealed text(s)
1923 (BGD-1923-L-47329)
Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 (No. 8 of 1923) [as amended].
Repealed text(s)
1933 (BGD-1933-L-47330)
Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933 (No. 11 of 1933).
Repealed text(s)
1934 (BGD-1934-L-47331)
Dock Labourers Act, 1934 (No]. 19 of 1934) [as amended].
Repealed text(s)
1936 (BGD-1936-L-47332)
Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (No. 4 of 1936) [as amended].
Repealed text(s)
1938 (BGD-1938-L-47333)
Employers' Liability Act, 1938 (No. 20 of 1938).
Repealed text(s)
1938 (BGD-1938-L-47334)
Employment of Children Act 1938 (No. 26 of 1938) [as amended to 1974].
Repealed text(s)
1939 (BGD-1939-L-47335)
Maternity Benefit Act, 1939 (Bengal Act No. 4 of 1939) [as amended].
Repealed text(s)
1950 (BGD-1950-L-47337)
Maternity Benefit (Tea Estates) Act, 1950.
Repealed text(s)
1951 (BGD-1951-L-47338)
Employment (Record of Services) Act, 1951 (No. 19 of 1951) [as amended].
Repealed text(s)
1960 (BGD-1960-R-47341)
Coal Mines (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Ordinance, 1960 (No. 39 of 1960).
Repealed text(s)
1961 (BGD-1961-R-47342)
Minimum Wages Ordinance, 1961 (No. 39 of 1961).
Repealed text(s)
1961 (BGD-1961-R-47343)
Road Transport Workers Ordinance, 1961 (No. 18 of 1961) [consolidated text].
Repealed text(s)
1962 (BGD-1962-R-47344)
Apprenticeship Ordinance, 1962, (No. 56 of 1962) [as amended].
Repealed text(s)
1965 (BGD-1965-L-47346)
Factories Act, 1965 (No. 4 of 1965).
Repealed text(s)
1965 (BGD-1965-L-47348)
Employment of Labour (Standing Orders) Act, 1965 (Act No. 8 of 1965).
Repealed text(s)
1965 (BGD-1965-L-47349)
Shops and Establishments Act, 1965 (No. 7 of 1965).
Repealed text(s)
1968 (BGD-1968-L-47351)
Companies Profits (Workers' Participation) Act, 1968 (No. 12 of 1968) [as amended].
Repealed text(s)
1969 (BGD-1969-R-47352)
Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 (No. 23 of 1969) [as amended].
Repealed text(s)
1980 (BGD-1980-L-47353)
Dock Workers' (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1980 (No. 17 of 1980) [as amended].
Repealed text(s)
1935-03-21 (BGD-1935-L-59484)
The Workmen's Protection Act, 1934 (Bengal Act No. 6 of 1935).
Repealed text(s)
1941-11-26 (BGD-1941-L-59486)
The Mines Maternity Benefit Act, 1941 (Act No. 19 of 1941).
Repealed text(s)
1959-04-15 (BGD-1959-R-59492)
The Plantation Employees Provident Fund Ordinance, 1959 (Ordinance No. 31 of 1959).
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2006 (BGD-2006-L-99014)
Labour Welfare Foundation Act, 2006.
Related text(s)
2018-02-12 (BGD-2018-L-106422)
Bangladesh Ship Recycling Act, 2018.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line in Bengali
Author
Laws of Bangladesh
Publisher
Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Country
Bangladesh
URL
http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/
File
BGD76402 Ben.pdf (PDF of Act in Bengali)
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Vivhaan
Country
Bangladesh
URL
http://www.vivhaan.com
File
BGD76402 Eng.pdf (PDF of Unofficial English Translation)
Electronic source title
Legislation online in Bengali
Author
Laws of Bangladesh, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Bangladesh
URL
http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/
File
BGD76402 Ben 2013.pdf (PDF of Act in Bengali as amended to 2013)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Dhar on Labour and Industrial Laws of Bangladesh (The Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006 and other Cognate Labour Laws)
Author
Nirmalendu Dhar
Publisher
ReMiSi Publishers
Date
2007-06-02
ISBN
984-708-001-1
Monograph title
A Handbook on the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006
Author
Bangladesh Employers Federation
Publisher
[contains text of Labour Act and a list of other laws applicable in Bangladesh]
Date
2009-08
Page range
181 p.
File
F765450307/BGD76402.pdf (PDF of Handbook)