Abstract
In this era of industrialization, laborers are said to be the key factor of industrial development of any country as the national economic stability directly or indirectly depends upon the standards of labor practice. The credence of labor rights bears staple importance where the International Labor Organization (ILO) acknowledges manifold rights and principles as the core international labor standards. Bangladesh, a Muslim majority country has promulgated the Bangladesh Labor Act in 2006 to accomplish its national obligation as a member of ILO. To this context, this research is an attempt to investigate the extent of compliance of Bangladesh labor laws and practices with the labor standards of ILO and Islamic principles of labor rights. This paper additionally tries to highlight the root causes of poor implementation mechanism and defects of labor law in Bangladesh. Finally certain recommendations are suggested for the fruitful and efficient implementation of labor standards to ensure rights and social justice to workers of every corner of the country and safeguard the national economy from innumerable loss.
Highlights
A Pragmatic Analysis of Labor Standards in Compliance with International Labor Organization (ILO) and IslamHow to cite this paper: Fahim, Md. H
The emergence of international standard for the protection of laborers is one of the remarkable developments of international law and apart from this, Islam as a religion plays a significant role in the promotion of labor rights as one of its major principles
The core international labor standards and Islamic principles of labor rights are seemed to be addressed by the labor jurisprudence of Bangladesh and labor standards such as boycotting child labor, safeguard against forced labor, ensuring equality and freedom of trade association etc. that have been translated into national labor laws and policies
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How to cite this paper: Fahim, Md. H. A Pragmatic Analysis of Labor Standards in Compliance with ILO and Islam: Bangladesh Perspective.
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