Labor Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan said that workers cannot be laid off by violating the law, and said that the labor law will be amended before next March.
He said that maternity leave for female workers will be extended to 120 days. Day care centers must be available in all factories.
The labor adviser said this at a press conference at the Labor Ministry at the Secretariat on Sunday (November 10) afternoon.
Stating that it is not the government's job to pay the arrears of workers, Adviser Asif said that if the government pays the arrears of workers, the country's revenue will be empty. He said that the employers who do not pay the workers' salaries are being caught and their national identity cards and passports are being withheld so that they do not flee abroad.
He said, we are not solving the problem by killing workers like before, but are helping the employers to pay their salaries. However, an immediate solution is a complex matter.
Noting that Bangladesh had to face humiliation at the previous International Labor Organization (ILO) meeting, he said that Bangladesh's position at the ILO this time was positive and commendable. Several countries have supported Bangladesh in withdrawing the case filed by the ILO.