At a seminar on “Building Construction Labour Management Relations: Promotion Alternative Dispute Resolution in RMG sector”, organised jointly by Solidity Centre (American Centre for International Labour Solidarity) and Congress of Industrial Organizations, it was revealed that Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) settled a total of 9,670 labour dispute complaints through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism during the period between 1998 and 2016.
During the period, a total of 38,208 workers had been able to get BDT 150.64 million as compensation through the ADR. It was also informed at the seminar that the country’s seven labour courts have to handle 1.5 million cases annually. To lessen the rising number of cases which are pending with labour courts, speakers at the event however suggested necessary steps to settle the invariable labour-related disputes via ADR.
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Mikail Shipar (Chief Guest), Labour and Employment Secretary; Kevin Gash, Director (Acting), Office of Democracy and Governance, USAID Bangladesh; Alonzo Glenn Suson, Country Programme Director of Solidarity Centre Bangladesh; SM Anamul Haque, Joint Director of Department of Labour; Rafiqul Islam, Additional Secretary of BGMEA; and Uttam Kumar Das, Program Officer of International Labour Office (ILO) were also present at the seminar.
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