Economic Reporter :
State Minister for Labour and Employment M Mujibul Huq on Wednesday said the government is set to take tough measures to eliminate hazardous child labour.
“Legal actions will be taken against the factory owners who will employ children in hazardous jobs,” he said speaking as special guest on the second day of the conference of the deputy commissioners (DC) at the cabinet division at Bangladesh Secretariat, said an official release.
The state minister sought cooperation of the DCs to eliminate child labour.
He said employing any child bellow 18 years in hazardous jobs is punishable as per the law.
The government identified 36 jobs as hazardous in 2013, he said, adding that children above 14 years could be employed in jobs which are not hazardous.
The state minister urged the DCs to work as a bridge between the owners and workers to increase production in factories, particularly improving working environment in the garments industries.
He said initiatives have been taken to set up three more labour courts in Sylhet, Barisal and Rangpur in addition to existing seven courts and one appellate tribunal in the country.
The government has Sramik Kalyan Fund for the welfare of workers employed in the formal and informal sectors, he said and added that another central welfare fund has been formed for the workers employed in export-oriented garments industries.
Earlier, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid spoke in the first session of the DC conference.
Presided over by Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam, the conference was attended by secretaries of different ministries.
State Minister for Labour and Employment M Mujibul Huq on Wednesday said the government is set to take tough measures to eliminate hazardous child labour.
“Legal actions will be taken against the factory owners who will employ children in hazardous jobs,” he said speaking as special guest on the second day of the conference of the deputy commissioners (DC) at the cabinet division at Bangladesh Secretariat, said an official release.
The state minister sought cooperation of the DCs to eliminate child labour.
He said employing any child bellow 18 years in hazardous jobs is punishable as per the law.
The government identified 36 jobs as hazardous in 2013, he said, adding that children above 14 years could be employed in jobs which are not hazardous.
The state minister urged the DCs to work as a bridge between the owners and workers to increase production in factories, particularly improving working environment in the garments industries.
He said initiatives have been taken to set up three more labour courts in Sylhet, Barisal and Rangpur in addition to existing seven courts and one appellate tribunal in the country.
The government has Sramik Kalyan Fund for the welfare of workers employed in the formal and informal sectors, he said and added that another central welfare fund has been formed for the workers employed in export-oriented garments industries.
Earlier, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid spoke in the first session of the DC conference.
Presided over by Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam, the conference was attended by secretaries of different ministries.
