Industrial Relations in Bangladesh
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Bangladesh
THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ORDINANCE, 1969
(Ordinance No. 23 of 1969)
(As amended up to 1996)
An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to the formation of trade unions, the regulation of relations between employers and workmen and the avoidance and settlement of any difference or disputes arising between them.
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1. Short title, extent, application and commencement.-
(1) This Ordinance may be called the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969.
(2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh.
(3) It shall not apply to any person employed in the Police or any of the Defence services of Bangladesh and any services or installations connected with or incidental to the Armed Forces of Bangladesh, including an Ordinance Factory maintained by the Government, or to any person employed in the administration of the Republic other than those employed as workmen by the Railways, Posts, Telegraph and Telephone Departments; or to any person employed in the Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd.
(4) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.- In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- • (i) "Arbitrator" means a person appointed as such under this Ordinance; • (ii) "Award" means the determination by a Labour Court, Arbitrator or Appellate Tribunal of any industrial dispute or any matter relating thereto and includes an interim award; • (iii & iv) Not in existence. • (v) "Collective Bargaining Agent" in relation to an establishment or industry, means the trade union of workmen which, under section 22, is the agent of the workmen in the establishment or, as the case may be, industry, in the matter of collective bargaining. • (vi) "Conciliation Proceedings" means any proceedings before a
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Bangladesh
THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ORDINANCE, 1969
(Ordinance No. 23 of 1969)
(As amended up to 1996)
An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to the formation of trade unions, the regulation of relations between employers and workmen and the avoidance and settlement of any difference or disputes arising between them.
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1. Short title, extent, application and commencement.-
(1) This Ordinance may be called the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969.
(2) It extends to the whole of Bangladesh.
(3) It shall not apply to any person employed in the Police or any of the Defence services of Bangladesh and any services or installations connected with or incidental to the Armed Forces of Bangladesh, including an Ordinance Factory maintained by the Government, or to any person employed in the administration of the Republic other than those employed as workmen by the Railways, Posts, Telegraph and Telephone Departments; or to any person employed in the Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd.
(4) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.- In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- • (i) "Arbitrator" means a person appointed as such under this Ordinance; • (ii) "Award" means the determination by a Labour Court, Arbitrator or Appellate Tribunal of any industrial dispute or any matter relating thereto and includes an interim award; • (iii & iv) Not in existence. • (v) "Collective Bargaining Agent" in relation to an establishment or industry, means the trade union of workmen which, under section 22, is the agent of the workmen in the establishment or, as the case may be, industry, in the matter of collective bargaining. • (vi) "Conciliation Proceedings" means any proceedings before a