Welcome everyone to the

presentation session of
group c
Our presentation topic is
Working hours and leave
 Members of the group
Saima Sadia ID 16-162
Farhana Yeasmin (lopa) ID 16-167
Rashida Ahasana (linda) ID 16-156
Afroza Akter (laboni) ID 16-144
Nargis Akter (monisha) ID 16-123
Afroja Begum (dalia) ID 16-095
Morjina Sultana (runa) ID 16-170
Mollika Akter (mithun) ID 16-114
Sifat Ara Bashar (dolon) ID 16-135
Zinia Akter (urmi) ID 16-132
 Leaders speech
May Day can refer to various labor
celebration conducted on may 1st
that commemorate the fight for the
8 hours working day. May Day in
this regard called international
workers day.
The choice of may 1st became a
commemoration by the 2nd
international for the people
involved in the 1886 Haymarket
affairs.
The Haymarket incident was
source of outrage from people
around the globe. In the following
years ,
Memory of the Haymarket martyrs was remembered with various may day job
actions and demonstrations.
Now with showing our cordial respect to the martyrs we are going to start our
presentation.
 Working hours of adult workers
No adult workers should be
required or allowed to work in an
establishment for more than 8
hours in any day.
Daily working hours is subject to
the provision of section 108 an
adult worker may work in an
establishment for more than 9
hours, but not exceeding 10 hours
in any day.
Weekly hours:-
-no adult worker shall be
required or allowed to work more
than forty eight hour in any week.
 The total hours of work of an adult worker shall not exceed sixty hours in
any week and on the average of fifty six hours per week in any year.

An worker has the right of getting interval for rest or meal.

-No adult worker in an establishment shall be liable to work either
a) for more than 6 hours in any one day unless he has been allowed an interval
of at least one hour during that day rest meal.
b) for more than five hours in any day unless he has been allowed an interval
of at least half an hour.
c) for more than eight hours unless he has had an interval under clause (a) or
two such intervals under clause (b) during that day for rest or meal.
 Holiday for workers
Holidays are generally dealt with in
collective agreements, while customs and
practice and statute have a subordinate rule
.a provision or a stipulation as to leave and
holidays would necessarily include a
provision for the quantum of holidays and
leave and this construction would be
consistent with the meaning of the word
condition as employed to the act.
The Bangladesh labor act 2006 makes
provision for three types of holidays:
1)weekly holiday
2)compensatory holiday
3)festival holiday
Section 103,104& 118 stipulate the provision regarding these kinds of holidays in any establishment under
the Bangladesh labor act

Holiday

Weekly holiday Compensatory holiday Festival holiday

Section 103 Section 104 Section 118
 Procedure of leave
Section 10 of the act enounce that-
A worker who desire to obtain
leave of absence shall apply to the
employer for the same, in writing
stating his leave address there in.
the employer of his authorized
officer shall issue order on the
application within a week of its
submission two days prior to the
commencement of leave applied
for which ever is earlier.
 Provision regarding leaves of
workers
1)annual leave
2)casual leave
3)sick leave
Maternity benefit act has renewed recently. According to this govt. employees
(women) will be entitled with 6 months leave. In this four months will be fall
wage leave and rest two months will be wage free leave. If some body wants
to omit the wage free leave she can.
 Casual leave
According to section 115 of the act every workers shall be entitled to casual
leave with full wages for ten days in a calender year and if such leave is not
availed, it will not be carried forward to the next calender year.
Sick leave

Sick leave on the other hand, may be availed of an support of a medical

certificate. according to section 116 of the act every worker except newspaper
employeer shall be entitled to sick leave with full wages for a total period of
fourteen days in a year .worker employed in the newspaper earn medical
leave on half wages for not less than one eighth of the period of service. If
such leave is not availed, it will not be carried forward to the next calender
year.
 Annual leave with wages
Entitlement of annual leave with pay for any adult worker under the
Bangladesh labor act 2006-
In case of shop, commercial or industrial establishment or factory or
transport establishment one day for every 18 day of work.
In case of worker tea plantation , one one day for every 22 days of works.
And in case of newspaper worker one day for every 11 days of work.
According to section 117(2) of act every young person who has completed a
period of one year continuous service , shall be allowed during the
subsequent period of twelve months , leave with full wages for a number of
days such as:
-in case of factory , one day for every 15 days of work.
-in case of worker in tea garden one days for every 18 days of work.
-in case of shop , commercial or industrial establishment , one day for every 14
days of work.
such leave will inclusive of any holiday.
It is noted that if a worker does not have the leave to which he is entitled under
this section in many period of twelve months either in whole or in period of
twelve months either in whole or in part ,any such leave not taken by him
shall be added to the leave to be allowed to him in the succeeding period of
twelve months.
Closure of shops and commercial or
industrial establishment
Under the section 114 of
Bangladesh labor act-
Every shop or commercial or
industrial establishment shall
remain entirely closed , at
least one and half
consecutive days in each
week.
It is fixed for each town or
area by the chief inspector.
 No shop shall on any day remain open after the hours of 8.00 o clock post
meridiem .
Any customer who was being or was waiting in the shop to be served at such
hour. may be served during the period of thirty minutes immediately
following such hour.
The government may closing hours of shop in any area in any season on
such condition as may be imposed on consideration of the special
circumstances.
 Night shift
According to section 106 of
the Bangladesh labor act -
2006 :-
Where an adult worker in any
establishment works on a
shift which extends beyond
the midnight-
1)For the purpose of section
103 a holiday for him for a
whole day shall mean a
period of 24 consecutive
hours beginning from the
end of his shift,and
2)The following day for him shall be deemed to be the
period of 24 consecutive hours beginning from the end
of his shift and the hours he has worked after the
midnight shall be counted along with his working hours
in the previous day.
 Extra allowance for overtime
Section 108 of the act
stipulates the provision
regarding extra allowance for
overtime in establishment.
the term overtime and
extra allowance have been
not defined in the
Bangladesh labor act-
2006.according to blacks law
dictionary the hours worked
by an employee in excess of
a standard day or week.
Beyond regular hours of work overtime employment of workman in a factory.
Overtime work can only mean work in excess of the maximum hours of
work permissible under the statute. the provision regarding extra allowance
for overtime are provided in section 108 of the act as follows:-
1)Where a worker works in an establishment for more than the prescribed hours
in any day or in any week under this acc,he/she shall in respect of overtime
work, be entitled to allowance at the rate of twice of the average of his basic
wages , dearness allowance and ad-hoc or interim wages , if any.
2)Where any worker in an establishment is paid on a piece rate basis, the
employer, in consultation with the representative of the worker may , for the
purposes of this section fix time rates as nearly as possible,
Equivalent to the average rates of earnings of those workers , and the rates
so fixed shall be deemed to be the ordinary rates of wages of those
workers.

3)The government may prescribe the

register to be maintained in an
establishment for the purpose of
securing compliance with the
provision of this section.
 Working hours for women workers
Bangladesh labor act 2006
apply to workers of both
male & female.
According to this act women
workers in any establishment
may work remain at their job
for not more than 8 hours
daily (including an hour for
meal and rest).
Friday is working holiday and
weekly working hours will
not exceeds 48 hours.
According to section 109 of the act stipulates that the women workers are
prohibited to engage for working at night between 10pm and 6 am in any
factory and establishment without her permission.

Problems of working women

due to late night:-
Most of the companies
provide no transport for
women who finish the night
shift at 10 or 11 pm .
Public transport is also scarce
late at night
Women encounter trouble
when returning along ill-lit
roads to their crowded
boarding places.
 Traditional responsibilities of
women
House keeping
Care of children
Up keep of clothing of
the members of the
family & many more.
 Working hours of young person or
adolescence
People under age of 18 are young persons
and specifically people of age 12, 13 and 14
are called adolescence. For these people at
first , the hours of work under the factories
act of 1965, have been restricted to 5 hours
per day.now bangladesh labor act ,2006
makes provision of working hours for
young person or adolescence.
No adolescence may be allowed to work in
any factory and mine for more than five
hours in any day and 35 hours in any week
under section 41(1) of the bangladesh
labour act 2006.
No adolescence may be allowed to work in
any other establishment(except factory and
mine) for more than 7 hours in any day and
42 hours in any week.
And finally no adolescence may nbe allowed to
work in any establishment between 7 p.m.
and 7 a.m.
 Double employment
In double employment one person
is engaged in two employment at
the same time.
Section 110of the act prohibits
double employment of any adult
worker in any establishment.
According to section 110 of the
act, no adult worker shall be
employed or allowed to be
employed for work in more than
one establishment on any day,
except on permission in writing
from the chief inspector on such
terms and conditions he may
impose.