basis.69 There would be a wage card which would mention the wages and every time
wages is paid, the worker and the employer would sign the wages card.70
The policy requires that the Home Ministry would issue a departmental order to
ensure that if a domestic worker becomes a victim of physical or mental abuse, then the
concerned police station must take immediate and effective measures.71 The Government
would also form a central monitoring cell, monitoring cells at city corporation and
pourashava levels, and district and upazilla levels.72 Monitoring cells would from time to
time visit homes at their own instance and upon receipt of complaints. 73 If the monitoring
team notices any evidence of violence against a domestic worker, they would advise the
Deputy Commissioner and central monitoring cell of the incident.74 The policy clearly
states that these provisions would not stand as a bar to the filing of a criminal case in case
of any violence perpetrated against a domestic worker.75
The Government of Bangladesh in 2009 set up a Child Labour Unit in the
Ministry of Labour and Employment to arrange, observe, and monitor the
accomplishments of all child labour related issues.76 The Unit is headed by the Joint
Secretary (labour) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. The Government of
Bangladesh is also being aided by international agencies in regulating child labour. In
order to address problems with child labour in Bangladesh, the ILO International
Programme on Elimination of Child Labour, Asian Development Bank, and United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are supporting Bangladesh in developing a National
69
Ibid, part b, para 2.
70
Ibid.
71
Ibid.
72
Ibid, part b, para 4.
73
Ibid.
74
Ibid.
75
Ibid, part c, papra 2.
76
Child Labour Unit, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of the People’s Republic of
Bangladesh, <http://www.clu-mole.gov.bd/> at 24th May 2014.
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