Child Labor in Bangladesh

Child Domestic service is a widespread practice in Bangladesh.The majority of child domestics tend to be 12 and 17 years old.But children as young as 5 or 6 years old can also be found working.A survey of child domestic workers found that 38 percent were 11 to 13 years old and nearly 24 percent were 5 to 10 years old.Child domestics works long hours,getting up well before their employers and going to bed long after them.on 50 percent domestic workers work 12- 14 hours a day.Irrespective of their gender,Child domestic carry out all sorts of household work.Boys often perform tasks like going to the grocery,cleaning the drain,talking the garbage to roadside bins,washing the car and sell nuts etc.On the other hand,girls have to iron the cloths,attend phone calls and serves the guests.The child domestic workers are often the least paid in the society,their remuneration ranging from 80 taka to 400 taka per month.In most of the cases,they hand over all their earnings to their parents,leaving nothing for themselves.
I think,every worker’s working environment should be satisfying and preferable for business.If any Factory following this policies,it may be good for workers.Factory follows the factory law about child labor and does not take any child labor,which are under 18 years of ages.Factory does not forced to work anybody.Factory pays at least minimum wage as per the current minimum wages ordinance.Also provide yearly bonus,increments and some entertainment things like picnic.Factory does not does not use threats,any physical,sexual or verbal abuse.Factory maintains reasonable employee works hour based on the limits on regular and over time hours allowed by local laws.Factory pays wages and benefits without regard to race,color,gender,nationality,religion,age and marital status.Factory recognizes and respects the right of employee to freedom of association and collective bargaining.Factory maintains a safe,clean and healthy environment.Also,free giving treatment to workers.Factory continuously monitors production process and takes step to the negative impacts.
Stop Child Labor.It is a great cursed in the world.A group of 60 working children from 12 organizations,their major problems at a workshop organized by Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum(BSAF) with the support from UNICEF at the WVA auditorium on 12.11.2001.Children described their basic problems :-Can not continue regular studies doing work.Can not watch entertainment programmers on television.Do not get adequate salary for work.Subjected to hazardous form of labor forcefully.Do not get medical facilities properly.Do not get food of adequate national value.Children are forcefully trafficked out of the country.The physical handicapped do not adequate attention.Subjected to physically torture by employers and anti-socials.
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