Abstract
Total economy of Bangladesh greatly depends on industrial sectors and the ready-made garment is a vital part of this sector. More than 4 million people are working in this sector and about 5000 garment factories are scattered across the country. Among them about 70 per cent workers are women and they work equally with men from early morning to evening, which often extends to several hours at night, where their paid wages which they actually got are not in a satisfactory level. But we have to admit that, Proper management of labour is an essential matter for the growth of the industrial sector and for that role of labour and industrial laws are of paramount importance. The main object to which the Labour law indicates is obviously to maintain peace in the industrial sector and to meet the vibrancies of problems in the workplace, not only that but also to protect and secure the essential rights of the workmen. But it is a matter to regret that various defects, loopholes and unwanted rules of labour laws are depriving the workers of their legal or basic rights and also indiscriminately been victimized. The main aims of this research are to clarify the rights and other conceptual issues regarding rights of the workers especially who work in the garments sector of Bangladesh in accordance with standard practice, domestic and international legal framework along with the pledge to search the main and top most loopholes of existing labour laws of our country. In this research, we have tried both qualitative and quantitative approach to make it more effective and fruitful. At the end of this research, we will try to discuss some international documents to assure the maximization of rights of the working class as well as to lessen the violation of their fundamental, legal or basic rights in the ready-made garments sector of our country.
Highlights
Ready-made garment is one of the most leading industries in export business and central pillar of our country’s economy
Hazardous working condition and negligence of carrying are resulting death of many workers through factory fires and sudden collapses. In this Article we have discussed various problems of the workers, their life style, the notion of rights together with the rights obtained or deprived from enjoying by the workers who works in garments sector, various reasons for violation of rights of the workers of garments the protection of those rights under different domestic and international Laws
3) Will international brands insist on both building safety and respect for labour rights, including protection against workers’ abuse
Summary
Ready-made garment is one of the most leading industries in export business and central pillar of our country’s economy It earns around $34 billion annually which is about percent rise from 2013 when it was around $19 billion and it makes our country the second largest exporter of garments in the world, with the sector accounting for percent of total export earning of Bangladesh (Sultana, 2020)[1]. Al-Amin et al, / British Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2(6), 101-112, 2020 important for everybody’s interest to sustain this industry which has changed the lives of many people’s specially women This sector has given employment to so many rural poor and women of our country, but their rights as workers fall considerably below international standards[3]. In this Article we have discussed various problems of the workers, their life style, the notion of rights together with the rights obtained or deprived from enjoying by the workers who works in garments sector, various reasons for violation of rights of the workers of garments the protection of those rights under different domestic and international Laws
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