University of Asia Pacific
Department of Law and Human Rights
Lesson Plan
Course Code & Title:
Law-225: Labour and Industrial Law and Human Rights
Semester:
Teacher:
2nd Year 1st Semester
Md. Saleh Akram
Office/Room:
Room No. 203, House No.53/1 (1st Floor),
Road No. 4/A, Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
Consultation/Contact
Time:
Email:
Day 1 (Sunday)
11:00am to 4:00pm
Day 2 (Monday)
2.00pm to 4.00pm
Day 3 (Tuesday)
11:00am to 1:00pm
Day 4 (Wednesday)
1.00pm to 4.00pm
Day 5 (Thursday)
11:00am to 2:00pm
akram@uap-bd.edu
Mobile:
+8801712339568
Course Overview:
The Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006 was made mostly during the British
Colonia regime and Pakistan period and they were as many as 50 in
number. In many cases these laws were outdated, scattered, inconsistent
and often overlapping each other. In 1992 a Labour Law Commission was
formed by the Government of the day which examined 44 labour laws
and recommended to repeal 27 laws and it prepared a draft Labour Code
in 1994. This draft of Labour Code, 1994 underwent series of changes in
its vetting stages and finally the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006 was passed
by the Parliament on October 11, 2006.Section 353 of the Code has
repealed 25 previous labour related laws. There are still 25 valid laws
dealing with labour and industrial issues have not been repealed or
consolidated and as such the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006 although a
consolidated Act has not consolidated all the laws in the field.
Furthermore, although the name of the law is Bangladesh Labour Code, in
fact, it is not a Code rather a consolidating legislation only.
Standing Orders for Employment of Labour; Definition of Worker,
Formation of the Contract of Service. Conditions of Employment and
Classification of Workers, Leave and Holidays. Stoppage of Work, Lay off,
Retirement, Fine, Dismissal, Termination of Employment, Grievance
Procedure, Penalties and Procedure, The Law of Trade Unions : History of
Trade Union Movement. Role, Function and Utility of Trade Unions.
Registration of Trade Unions. Rights and Privileges of Registered Trade
Unions and Collective Bargaining Agents, Unfair Labour Practices.
Settlement of Disputes: Origin of Labour Legislation. Right to Strike and
Lockout. Industrial Disputes and their Settlement through Negotiation,
Course Outline:
Course objectives:
Teaching Method:
Prerequisites:
Week
Class Date
1
04-11-13
05-11-13
06-11-13
07-11-13
2
3
11-11-13
12-11-13
13-11-13
14-11-13
18-11-13
19-11-13
20-11-13
21-11-13
4
25-11-13
Conciliation, Arbitration and by Labour Courts, Constitution, Function and
Power of Labours Courts and the Labour Appellate Tribunal. Labour Policy
of the Government. Penalties and Procedure, Wages: Fixing of Right to
Wages. Payment of Wages, Deductions and Claims out of Deductions
from Wages, Factories Law: Early Factory Legislation, Health, Hygiene,
Welfare, Working Hours, Overtime Employment of Workers. Leave and
Holidays, Penalties. Shops and Establishment Law: Working Hours, Leave
and Holidays, Provision for Health and Hygiene, Penalties.
Workmen’s Compensation: Accidents and Diseases. Fatal Accidents,
Employers Liability for Compensation and the Procedure for its
Determination. The Functions of the Commissioner.
The individual workers are economically weak. They cannot bargain with
the employers for the protection of their rights and even for subsistence
wages. The workers are exposed to certain risks in factories, mines and
other establishments. Labour and industrial law provides for industrial
harmony in the country. Industrial harmony is indispensable when a
country plans to make economic progress. It is true that no nation can
hope to survive in the modern technological age unless it is wedded to
industrial development and technological advantage. So after completing
this Course the student will learn the vital issues of Labour Law such as,
the constitution of Labour Tribunal and Labour Appellate Tribunal,
powers, classification of workers, rights of workers, inquiries or trials,
dispute resolution system, punishments and so on.
Lectures, Lab works, assignments, interactive sessions, field trips, plant
visits etc.
N/A
Course schedule/ Class schedule
Topic
Reading
assignment
General Principles of Labour and Nature, Object,
Industrial Law
Necessity,
Principles,
General Principles of Labour and
Fundamental
Industrial Law
Rights and
General Principles of Labour and
Directive
Industrial Law
Principles.
General Principles of Labour and
Industrial Law
Workers and their classification
Definition and
classification
Workers and their classification
Workers and their classification
Holiday (Ashura)
Working hours, Leaves and Working hours,
Holidays
Leaves and
Holidays
Working hours, Leaves and
Holidays
Working hours, Leaves and
Holidays
Working hours, Leaves and
Holidays
Working hours, Leaves and Working hours,
Work
assignment
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
26-11-13
27-11-13
5
28-11-13
02-12-13
03-12-13
04-12-13
05-12-13
Holidays
Stoppage, Closure, Lay-off
Retrenchment
Stoppage, Closure, Lay-off
Retrenchment
Tutorial No. 1
Stoppage, Closure, Lay-off
Retrenchment
Stoppage, Closure, Lay-off
Retrenchment
Discharge,
Dismissal
Termination
Discharge,
Termination
Dismissal
and
and
and
and
Topic
6
09-12-13
12-12-13
Discharge,
Dismissal
and
Termination
Discharge,
Dismissal
and
Termination
Discharge,
Dismissal
and
Termination
Employment of Adolescent
16-12-13
Holiday(Victory Day)
17-12-13
18-12-13
19-12-13
Employment of Adolescent
Tutorial No. 2
Review Class
MID TERM EXAM
Employment of Adolescent
Maternity welfare facilities
Maternity welfare facilities
Maternity welfare facilities
Maternity welfare facilities
Wages and Payment
Wages and Payment
Wages and Payment
Wage Board
Wage Board
Trade Union and Industrial
Relations
Trade Union and Industrial
Relations
Trade Union and Industrial
Relations
Trade Union and Industrial
Relations
7
8
9
10
30-12-13
31-12-13
01-01-14
02-01-14
06-01-14
07-01-14
08-01-14
09-01-14
13-01-14
14-01-14
15-01-14
16-01-14
11
20-01-14
21-01-14
To prepare
assignment titled
“Mere
designation is
not sufficient to
indicate whether
a person is a
worker or an
employer”
Reading
assignment
Work
assignment
and
Class Date
11-12-13
Stoppage,
Closure, Lay-off
and
Retrenchment
and
Week
10-12-13
Leaves and
Holidays,
Stoppage,
Closure, Lay-off
and
Retrenchment
Discharge,
Dismissal and
Termination
N/A
Employment of
Adolescent
N/A
Maternity
welfare facilities
N/A
Wages and
Payment
N/A
Wages and
Payment, Trade
Union and
Industrial
Relations
N/A
Trade Union and
Industrial
Relations
N/A
22-01-14
12
23-01-14
27-01-14
28-01-14
29-01-14
30-01-14
13
14
03-02-14
04-02-14
05-02-14
06-02-14
10-02-14
11-02-14
12-02-14
13-02-14
Trade Union and Industrial
Relations
Tutorial No. 3
Trade Union and Industrial
Relations
Presentation & Viva
Presentation & Viva
Settlement of Disputes
Settlement of Disputes
Strike and Lock-out
Labour Court
Labour Court
Labour Appellate Tribunal
Workers’ compensation
injury by accident
Workers’ compensation
injury by accident
Review Class
Trade Union and
Industrial
Relations
Settlement of
Disputes, Strike
and Lock-out,
Labour Court
Labour Appellate
Tribunal,
for
Workers’
for compensation for
injury by accident
To prepare
assignment titled
“Loopholes and
Laws Relating to
Women & Childs
Right Regarding
the Bangladesh
Labor Act-2006”
N/A
N/A
FINAL EXAM
Basic text(s):
Reference text(s):
Additional reading material:
Assessment / Assignment Methods:
The Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006
Md. Abdul Halim & Masum Saifur Rahman, The
Bangladesh Labour Code, 2006, Sixth Edition,
2009, CCB Foundation.
Md. Abdul Halim, The Bangladesh Labour Code,
2006, First Edition, 2008, CCB Foundation.
D.L.R; A.I.R; B.L.D; Cr.LJ, B.L.T; M.L.R.
Marks for assessment will be given by the course teacher
through class tests, quizzes, assignments, presentation, class
performance, class attendance etc. There should be at least
(n+1) where ‘n’ is the number of class tests for a course. The
course teacher must submit a copy of marks of Assessment
(mentioning the fractions in class tests, quizzes etc.) of his
course to the Head of the respective departments.
Quiz Test: Description of components of
assessment (Class test, class participation,
midterm, final exams etc) 100%
Assessment Marks 30 includes: Class test/
Assignment 10+ Class attendance 10 + Class
performance & Viva voce 10.
Grading Systems:
Total Marks 100 includes : Assessment 30+
Midterm examination 20+ Final Examination 50
Grading systems to be followed for the course
Each course has a letter grade equivalent to a certain number of
grade points. Letter grades and their corresponding grade points
are as follows:
Letter
Grade
Grade
Point
80% and above
A+
4.00
75% to less than 80%
A
3.75
70% to less than 75%
A+
3.50
65% to less than 70%
A-
3.25
60% to less than 65%
B
3.00
55% to less than 60%
B-
2.75
50% to less than 55%
C+
2.50
45% to less than 50%
C
2.25
40% to less than 45%
D
2.00
Less than 40%
F
0.00
Exemption
E
--
Incomplete
I
--
Satisfactory
S
--
Numerical Grade
Students’ responsibilities:
Md. Saleh Akram
Lecturer
Department of Law and Human Rights
University of Asia Pacific
The students should attain the classes regularly
and fulfill their work and reading assignments
according to the instructions to extract the most
out of the course.