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 completed at least six months of service are entitled to 120 days of fully paid maternity leave. This leave may be distributed at the employee’s discretion before and after the date of delivery. No female employee shall be permitted to work during the eight weeks immediately following childbirth. Employees with more than two living children, or those with less than six months of service are disqualified from receiving the "Maternity Benefit" (cash payments/wages); employers are required to provide the time off as unpaid leave.

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.