INCREASING CHALLENGES WITH LABOR LAWS AT WORKPLACE: 

HR professionals and every manager who is leading a team have to deal with labor laws all the time. They are the first line of defense when it comes to labor and employment laws. Lawyers get involved much later when there is limited room for maneuvers. In reality, the destiny of most labor and employment law disputes, as well as compliance, strategy as well as procedures and documentation are decided by HR professionals and team leaders.

In the past, while Bangladesh had many labor laws, most of their impact was on the factories and different manufacturing facilities alone and even their enforcement was rather lax. Focus used to be on managing inspections by labor officials and basic compliance. Corporate offices and other non-manufacturing establishments mostly remained outside the purview of labor law related inspections. Litigation or arbitration between employers and employees used to be very rare in the private sector.

All that has rapidly changed in the last two decade or so. When Bangladesh Labor Act 2006 was introduced, it repealed 25 different laws that were previously in force and then in 2015, Bangladesh Labor Rules 2015 came in to force. While these new laws and rules gave clarity to many issues, they also created new complexities. The scope of labor inspection has also expanded manifold. Corporate offices and non-manufacturing facilities are no more immune to questioning from labor officials.

In this changing context, it has become imperative for all managers and HR, admin and compliance professionals to understand the intricacies of labor laws and rules and their implications to respective teams and workplaces. HR professionals and mangers with good knowledge on labor law make them indispensable to higher management. Those HR professionals and managers also make better decisions, frame better policies and deal with external agencies much better.

PRACTICAL “REAL-WORLD” TRAINING

This course has been designed and gradually modified by incorporating our knowledge and experiences gathered through interacting and resolving many labor and employment law related situations that have been faced by organizations of different sizes and industries across the country. HR professionals and managers attending this course will not only acquire clear conception about the existing labor laws and rules, they will also have the skills and confidence to deal with any such situation that may arise at their respective workplaces. Our training is very practical and focused on real-world labor law related situations and topics that the target participants face on a day-to-day basis

• We have designed the contents based on our deep experience on local industries so the content, materials, discussions and activities will be 100% relevant
• We appreciate that it is the application of the learning that's vital, so as well as covering the knowledge, we will also cover what the participants should do to actually put the learning into practice.
• We also make a difference in how we help the target participants to embed and implement the learning after the course.
• We offer a unique post-course support to make this happen so you get a real, tangible return on your investment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this two-day workshop, the participants should be able to:

• Gain clarity about the fundamental issues and terms of labor laws and rules, including clarification on different definitions. Particularly who is a “worker” and who is NOT a “worker” in light of our labor law
• Learn about various rights, duties and responsibilities of workers and employers have towards each other
• Formulate HR policies that will be more consistent with the labor laws and contribute to enhance workplace harmony and thereby help business growth.
• Identify any real or potential miss conduct (as per labor law) at workplace and be able to conduct an "end to end" internal disciplinary procedure with full compliance to the due process and documentation requirements

DATE, VENUE, COURSE MATERIALS & LOGISTICS

This is a blended workshop (16 hours of both online & in-person classes) that will be conducted in two parts:

• PART A:  FIVE online classes (2 hours each 8:00 - 10:00 PM) on review of labor law and rules. Dates: February 7, 9, 11, 13 & 15, 2024
• PART B: Day-long session on "Disciplinary Procedure" on Saturday, February 17, 2024. Time 9:00 PM - 6:00 PM.
• Venue of Part B: BRAC Learning Center - Gulshan, House: 96 & 98, Road No:10/2, Block D, Dhaka 1212
• Course Books: One BLA 2006 & one BLL 2015 book will be provided to each participant
• Course Ending Certificate:  Shall be provided
• Food: There will be arrangement for breakfast, lunch, morning and afternoon tea

TRAINING PARTICIPANTS

Any HR, Admin & Compliance professional and any other Manager who leads a team shall benefit by joining this workshop. Up to  40 participants shall be accommodated in this  workshop.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

We have developed a proven and reliable way to understand the development needs of the participants. Based on those needs, we provide training in both skills and methodologies through a number of approaches.

A combination of training techniques would be used to ensure the highest amount of learning retention and transfer of learning to actual work scenario. Some of the techniques and tools that will be used during the workshop are mentioned below:

• Lecture & Audiovisual (both online and in-person)
• Solving 25+ Case Studies/Scenario 
• Discussion on 80+ "CASE LAWS" (i.e. Past Judgments by different Courts)
• Group Discussion
• Individual & Group presentation
• Role play (during mock session on disciplinary procedure)
• Team Exercise on given Task (e.g. drafting a show-cause letter)