BANGLADESH LABOUR ACT 2006 - ACT 38 & 39 & 40 & 41
38. Power to require medical examination : Where an Inspector is of opinion -
(a) that any person working in an establishment is an adolescent, but he has no certificate of fitness, or
(b) that an adolescent working in an
establishment with a certificate of fitness is no longer fit to work in the
capacity stated therein, he may serve on the employer a notice requiring that
such adolescent shall not, be allowed to work until he has been so examined and
has been granted a certificate of fitness or has been certified by the
registered medical practitioner not to be an adolescent.
39.
Restriction of employment of adolescent in certain work : No adolescent
shall be allowed in any establishment to clean, lu icate of adjust any part of
machinery while that part is in motion or to work between moving parts, of any
machinery which is in motion.
40.
Employment of adolescent on dangerous machines : No adolescent shall work
at any machine unless-
(a) he has been
fully instructed as to the dangers arising in connection with the machine and
the precautions to be observed, and-
(b) has
received sufficient training in work at the machine, or is under adequate
supervision by a person who has thorough knowledge and experience of the
machine,
(2) This
provision shall apply to such machines as may be notified by the government to
be of such a dangerous character that an adolescent ought not to work at them
unless the requirements of sub-section (1) are complied with.
(3) The
Government may from time to time publish in the official gazette the list such
of hazardous works where, no adolescent shall be employed.
41. Working
hours for adolescent : (1) No adolescent shall be required or allowed to work
in any factory or mine, for more than five hours in any day and thirty hours in
any week;
(2) No
adolescent shall be required or allowed to work in any other establishment, for
more than seven hours in any day and forty-two hours in any week.
(3) No
adolescent shall be required or allowed to work in any establishment between
the hours of 7.00 P.M and 7.00 a.m.
(4) If an
adolescent works overtime, the total number of hours worked, including overtime
shall not exceed-
(a) in any
factory or mine, thirty six hours in any week;
(b) in any
other establishment, forty eight hours in any week.
(5) the period
of work of an adolescent employed in an establishment shall be limited to two shifts
which shall not overlap or spread over more than seven and a half hours each.
(6) An adolescent
shall be employed in only one of the relays which shall not, except with the previous
permission in writing of the Inspector, be changed more frequently than once in
a period of thirty days. (7) The provisions of weekly holiday shall apply also
to adolescent workers, and no exemption from the provisions of that section
shall be granted in respect of any adolescent.
(8) No
adolescent shall be required or allowed to work in more than one establishment
in any day.
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