State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haque Chunnu said on Thursday the government had taken initiatives to introduce labour insurance and build hospitals for welfare of the workers, reports BSS.
"We have taken steps to introduce group insurance for workers and their family members. I am hopeful to launce the insurance programme in full phase by 2016," he said while speaking at a seminar on labour rights at Dhaka Reporters' Unity.
The state minister said the government had taken initiatives to build a 20-storied hospital beside the main street in Tejgaon for workers and another hospital in Cashara in Narayanganj targeting the garments workers.
Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour and Employment M Israfil Alam and coordinator of Jatiya Sramik Okkya Parishad Shah M Abu Zafar also spoke on the occasion.
Govt to introduce labour insurance for workers
FE Team | Published: January 23, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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