Tk 22cr distributed among 2654 workers as financial aid

Secretariat Correspondent: State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haque Chunnu said currently Bangladesh Workers' Welfare Foundation has a deposit of Tk 283 crore in its fund out of which Tk 22 crore have been distributed among 2,654 workers as financial help.

The state minister made the disclosure while addressing a press conference at the secretariat on Monday, marking May Day tomorrow.

“Relatives of each worker who succumbed by accident get Taka two lakh, Taka one lakh for treatment and children of worker get education allowance for higher education,” Chunnu said.

He urged all industrialists to deposit five percent from their net profit to the Foundation as per the Labour Act.

He said a central fund was created having Taka 44.63 crore deposit for export oriented garment workers, adding, "Taka 5.76 crore was given to 1,326 workers from the fund."

The state minister said that the government set up day-care centres for workers' children at 4,243 factories and the government also declared 38-category as risky work. "We have taken decision for ensuring workplaces free from children, while cent percent child labour was removed from readymade garment and shrimp industry," he added.

The government has also undertaken initiative to safe work place at 83 lakh economic units, Chunnu said.


risingbd/Dhaka/April 30, 2018/Noimuddin/AI