Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2025, published 114th ILC session (2026)

Bangladesh

Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention, 1925 (No. 19) (Ratification: 1972)
Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118) (Ratification: 1972)

The Committee notes the observations of the Trade Union Committee of International Labour Standards (TU-ILS), received on 1 September 2025.

Article 1(1) of Convention No. 19 and Article 3(1) of Convention No. 118. Equality of treatment. The Committee notes the information in the Government’s report related to the launch of a pilot Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) in 2022 in collaboration with the ILO. The Committee takes note that the EIS pilot, applied in the export-oriented ready-made garment sector, compensates workers for the loss of earnings as a result of permanent disability and provides compensation to their dependants in case of death. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the implementation of the pilot Employment Injury Scheme, including its extension to other sectors and how the principle of equality of treatment between nationals and non-nationals workers is ensured in case of employment injuries.

Article 10 of Convention No. 118. Application in practice. Refugees and stateless persons. The Committee notes the observations submitted by the TU-ILS regarding the status of refugees and stateless persons, who are not officially permitted to work in Bangladesh. The Committee recalls that the provisions of the Convention apply to refugees and stateless persons without any condition of reciprocity. The Committee requests the Government to indicate the measures taken or envisaged to ensure, in law and in practice, that the provisions of Convention No. 118 are applied to refugees and stateless persons without any condition of reciprocity.