Jointly developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Bimco, the pilot scheme will provide financial and medical support to injured workers.

The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza), in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO), today inaugurated the distribution of notices of award under the Employment Injury Scheme (EIS).

 The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has stressed the urgent need to update the Bangladesh Labour Act (BLA) to ensure the nationwide implementation of the Employment Injury Scheme (EIS). Key reforms include making the EIS mandatory with employers contribution, penalising non-participation, and enabling digital accident reporting.

Pioneered in the export-oriented garment industry, Bangladesh's pilot employment injury scheme has this year been extended to workers in the export-processing zones (EPZs) and the leather goods and footwear industry. It is now set to be scaled up nationally.