Implement necessary state reforms in all government institutions (Department of labour, Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments, labour Welfare Center, Industrial Relations Institute (IRI), National Skill Development Authority and other government and non-government organisations) in order to strengthen the capacity and coordination of the Ministry of labour, departments and institutions, as well as to establish accountability, democratic practices, transparency and the right to information. Year: 2025 Domain: Industrial Dispute, Resolution and Justice Labour Status: Reform Proposed Last Update: 14-Dec-25
The state will ensure the participation of both male and female workers, and their representatives, in the formulation of labour-related policies, annual budgets, and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)- 2030. The government will also ensure the representation of organised workers in all representative institutions/forums, including the National Parliament. Year: 2025 Domain: Labour Right to Organization, Participation, Representation and Collective Bargaining Status: Reform Proposed Last Update: 14-Dec-25
The state will take initiative to protect labour history and historical sites, and will establish memorials and museums to commemorate these. Textbooks, curricula, educational courses, and media will highlight the dignity, safety, and life experiences of workers in a respectful manner. Year: 2025 Domain: Labour Right to Organization, Participation, Representation and Collective Bargaining Status: Reform Proposed Last Update: 14-Dec-25
The state will implement its constitutional commitment to freedom of expression to uphold the right to organise; relax trade union restrictions to expand organising rights; and ensure a participatory, transparent, and accountable framework for collective bargaining. Year: 2025 Domain: Labour Right to Organization, Participation, Representation and Collective Bargaining Status: Reform Proposed Last Update: 14-Dec-25
The state will ensure the recognition, right to organise, and representation of migrant workers, while also strengthening domestic and international relations Year: 2025 Domain: Labour Social Security and Welfare Status: Reform Initiated Last Update: 14-Dec-25
Workers need to be included in some of the other security schemes with respect to their problems, and in this regard, may introduce the ILO’s life-cycle-based social security programme or take steps to introduce a social insurance scheme. Year: 2025 Domain: Labour Social Security and Welfare Status: Reform Initiated Last Update: 14-Dec-25
The state will take initiatives to ensure that all workers have rights to universal social security (accidents at work, death, disability, sickness, retirement, maternity benefits or any adverse situation). Year: 2025 Domain: Labour Social Security and Welfare Status: Legal and Policy Framework Last Update: 14-Dec-25
Establish an emergency and contingency fund to ensure the continued payment of wages and other entitlements, and to maintain production during domestic and international crises, natural disasters, pandemics, or sudden business downturns. In addition, the transparency and accountability of the Labour Welfare Foundation and the central fund will be ensured. Year: 2025 Domain: Labour Safe work, healthy working environment and workers' healthcare Status: Reform Proposed Last Update: 14-Dec-25
It is necessary for the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) to conduct annual surveys to verify the expectations and actual experiences of listeners, viewers, and readers regarding the media. Year: 2025 Domain: Annual Media Audience Surveys Media Status: Reform Proposed Last Update: 14-Dec-25
a. Eliminating gender discrimination in recruitment, placement, and training to ensure the participation of all genders at all levels of the media; b. Preparing gender-sensitive codes of conduct in each media outlet and establishing systems for providing information, discussion, training, and monitoring for effective implementation of the code of conduct; ensuring infrastructure (e.g., separate toilets, childcare centres) for the smooth participation of all genders; c. Ensuring the utmost caution in the safety and protection of journalists of all genders, prioritising the needs of women; providing transportation arrangements for safe travel; d. Establishing a complaints redress cell in each media office as per the High Court directive on preventing sexual harassment (2009); e. Taking mental health protection measures to cope with various types of pressure in journalism; f. Ensuring that women receive proper maternity leave and do not face any discrimination upon returning to work after leave; g. Formulating clear guidelines and rules for how women will be presented; preparing policies on not publishing or broadcasting stereotypical ideas that create hatred, animosity, or negative attitudes towards women, or hinder their smooth presence in all fields; h. Highlighting the multifaceted roles and participation of women in society; ensuring that the voice and perspective of women are reflected in any news/feature; i. Preparing clear guidelines for language use to avoid direct or indirect humiliation of women through words or descriptions. Year: 2025 Domain: Ensuring Gender and Equality in Media Media Status: Reform Initiated Last Update: 14-Dec-25
