Easily manage employment in Bangladesh

After spending an entire year working for an employer, employees are entitled to one day’s holiday for every 18 days worked, apart from certain exceptions:- 1 day every 22 days worked, in the case of tea plantation workers, and- 1 day every 11 days worked, in the case of newspaper workers.This equates to between 11 – 22 days off annually.

There are 15 public holidays in Bangladesh.

Employees are generally entitled to annual paid sick leave of 14 days. The employee must present a medical certificate to receive sick leave. Sick leave may not be carried forward from year to year.

Female employees who have worked for at least six months are entitled to eight weeks of paid maternity leave before the birth and eight weeks of paid leave after the birth. Women who have worked less than six months or who already have two other surviving children are generally eligible for unpaid leave. Women are forbidden to work for 8 weeks after the birth of the child under the national employment legislation.

There is no provision for mandatory paternity leave under Bangladeshi law.

Workers are generally entitled to 10 days of paid casual leave each calendar year. This leave cannot be carried forward.