Termination Process Of Employees In Bangladesh 

Whether the employment relationship at any time can terminate an employee's employment. They can also have ethical and legal ramifications depending on how they conclude and how the social worker manages terminations.Under the Labor Act of 2006, both the employer and the employee have distinct employment termination processes.

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Importance: A recent survey in BD shows that 32% of employment are affected by wrongful dismissal. For this reason employees are benefited by the use of labor act in Bangladesh.

Bottom Line

1. When social workers' services and professional ties with clients are no longer necessary or no longer function the clients' needs or interests, they should be terminated.

2. Employees should not stop services with a client in order to seek a social, economic, or sexually connection.

3. Start planning for the end from the beginning. Termination process should be mentioned early on so that both parties may have a session to talk about it.


 Termination By Dismissal In Bangladesh 


If an employee is determined to have been: Convicted of any crime; or Stealing, bribery giving and receiving, fraud, purposeful disobedience, and other offenses have been committed against him.


Termination Process

1. The written complaint is required.

2. The employee will be given at least 7 days to respond.

3. The employee will be given the opportunity to be heard.


The employer has the right to fire an employee without warning or pay in place of a notice period. The supervisor, on the other hand, may always provide a lesser punishment instead of firing for worse behavior.


Retrenchment As A Method Of Termination

On the basis of redundancy, an employer may terminate the contract from the employment of any institution. If an employee has been in continuing service with an employer for at least 1 (one) year, and the worker is retrenched, the company must:


1. Provide him 1 month's written notice, stating the grounds for his retrenchment, or pay him compensation for the duration of notice in place of such notice.


2. Transmit a copy of the notification to the Chief Inspector or any other official he specifies, as well as a copy to the establishment's collective bargaining representative, if one exists.


3. Give him 30 days' earnings or, if applicable, a gratuity for each year of service, whichever is greater.


Termination Of Employment By Lay-off

An employer who, in the case of a fire, a natural disaster, an epidemic (such as the Covid 19 pandemic), a breakdown of machines and equipment, a power outage, epidemics, widespread riots, or any other cause beyond his control, stops any section or segment of his formation, full or in part, for as long as the cause of the shutdown persists. The workforce involved will be laid off if the work stoppage lasts more than 3 working days.


 Lay Off Over 45 Days

It should be recalled that no worker is entitled to pay compensation if he or she is laid off for more than 45 days in any calendar year.


Layoff time

Laid off for more than 45 days

Extended for an extra 15th days


Payment system

Full payment

Full payment


If a worker is laid off for more than 45 days in a calendar year, whether continuously or intermittently, and the lay-off period is extended for an extra 15th days or more after the expiration of those 45 days, the worker will be paid for each successive lay-off period for 15th days or more. The compensation for a 15th-day extension will be one-fourth of the entire basic compensation, dearness allowance, and ad hoc or temporary earnings.


Termination By Discharge Under Labor Act

A worker may be released from duty if he or she is physically or mentally incapacitated, or if a trained medical practitioner certifies continuous ill-health.


Worker may be released

If physically or mentally incapacitate

If worker completed at least 1 year

employer must pay him 30 days' earnings for every year of service


If a dismissed worker has completed at least 1 year of continuous employment, the employer must pay him 30 days' earnings for every year of service, or bonus, if applicable, whichever is more, as compensation.


Termination By Notice In Bangladesh

An employment can also be ended by giving the employer notice. However, the length of the warning depends on whether the employee is permanent or temporary.


Permanent Employees: Notice of Termination:

1. If he is a valued worker, the written notice must be delivered every month on: 120 days. 

2. 60 days for other workers.

A permanent worker's position could be terminated by notification after paying the charge. The employer shall be compensated at the amount of 30 days' earnings for each complete year of service. This compensation is in addition to any other benefits that the employee may be entitled to.


Termination For Temporary Worker

The following information must be provided in writing:


1. 30 days for monthly rated employees.

2. 14th day for all other employees.


An employee, on the other hand, can be fired without notice by paying the worker's wages for the notice period in lieu of the notice required for permanent and temporary employees.

Termination Of Employment By Employee

Employee-initiated termination of employment Employees can end their job by giving the employer notice. However, depending on whether the person is a permanent or temporary employee, the notice period differs.


Permanent Employee resign

60 days written notice by the employers.


Temporary worker terminate by employer

30 days for monthly rated employees.


Temporary worker terminate by employer

14 days for all other employees.


Permanent Employee 

A permanent employee may resign by giving the employers 60 (sixty) days' written notice. When a permanent employee resigns his or her position by giving notice, the employer must compensate him.


Temporary worker

A temporary worker may terminate by giving his or her employer written notice of:


1. 30 days for monthly rated employees.

2. 14 days for all other employees.


Unexpected resignation of an employee

A worker has the right to quit from his or her position at any time. The employee termination of employment by paying the employers an amount equivalent to the earnings for the notice period.


 Without Notice, An Employee Is Missing from Work.

If a worker is absent for more than 10 days, the employer is required to serve him with a notice. The notification will ask him to justify his absence and return to duty within 10 days. If no explanation or joining is provided, the employer will offer him another 7 days to defend himself. If the employee does not join the military or protect himself, he is considered to have been terminated from duty on the day of his absence. 


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