Economic Reporter :
National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken a step to set up daycare centers for the children of their employees.NBR Chairman Md Nojibur Rahman in a recent meeting has directed the officials to set up a daycare center at NBR’s under-construction building at Agargaon in the city.
He also asked the commissioners to set up daycare centers at all the commissionerates across the country. Contacted, the NBR Chairman said, “Setting up of day-care center is a decision of the government. Now-a-days, the number of the women is increasing in the workforce. Of them, the mothers always have become tensed about their children, hampering their concentration to work.”
NBR is going to launch day-care centers so that the children of the revenue division employees could be grown up with proper physical and mental support. Mentionable, Bangladesh Labor Law 2006 (amended in 2013) makes it mandatory for every organization with 40 or more female workers to have one or more rooms to keep children below six years when mothers are away for work.
It also specifies details of all the services along with trained and experienced female caregivers. The facility has everything necessary — indoor playing area, sleeping and breastfeeding corners, a toilet, a pantry and a kitchen — to ensure the babies left there by female employees get everything they need during work hours.
While day-care centers for children are still a rare thing at workplaces in Bangladesh, a handful of companies, some readymade garments, are setting examples for others to follow. There are only 11 government-run day-care centers under Jatiya Mohila Sangstha across the country, while 43 under the women’s affairs department.
Bangladesh Bank was the pioneer in this area in the banking sector.Private organizations including Brac Bank, Grameen Phone, Robi and Bangla Link have day-care centers at their head offices.
Bangladesh Labour Law 2006 (amended in 2013) makes it mandatory for every organization with 40 or more female workers to have one or more rooms to keep children below six years when mothers are away for work.
National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken a step to set up daycare centers for the children of their employees.NBR Chairman Md Nojibur Rahman in a recent meeting has directed the officials to set up a daycare center at NBR’s under-construction building at Agargaon in the city.
He also asked the commissioners to set up daycare centers at all the commissionerates across the country. Contacted, the NBR Chairman said, “Setting up of day-care center is a decision of the government. Now-a-days, the number of the women is increasing in the workforce. Of them, the mothers always have become tensed about their children, hampering their concentration to work.”
NBR is going to launch day-care centers so that the children of the revenue division employees could be grown up with proper physical and mental support. Mentionable, Bangladesh Labor Law 2006 (amended in 2013) makes it mandatory for every organization with 40 or more female workers to have one or more rooms to keep children below six years when mothers are away for work.
It also specifies details of all the services along with trained and experienced female caregivers. The facility has everything necessary — indoor playing area, sleeping and breastfeeding corners, a toilet, a pantry and a kitchen — to ensure the babies left there by female employees get everything they need during work hours.
While day-care centers for children are still a rare thing at workplaces in Bangladesh, a handful of companies, some readymade garments, are setting examples for others to follow. There are only 11 government-run day-care centers under Jatiya Mohila Sangstha across the country, while 43 under the women’s affairs department.
Bangladesh Bank was the pioneer in this area in the banking sector.Private organizations including Brac Bank, Grameen Phone, Robi and Bangla Link have day-care centers at their head offices.
Bangladesh Labour Law 2006 (amended in 2013) makes it mandatory for every organization with 40 or more female workers to have one or more rooms to keep children below six years when mothers are away for work.
