New EPZ law gets cabinet nod
Monday, 7 July 2014
The cabinet has approved in principle the draft of the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) Labour Act 2014 that gives workers the right to organise themselves. A cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved the draft on Monday. Cabinet Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan told reporters the law allows EPZ workers to form associations. "They will be able to form workers' welfare societies, giving them the scope for collective bargaining," he said, according to a news agency.