The Employment Injury Insurance (EIS) is the first scheme of this kind in Bangladesh. For a period of three years, all workers in the export-oriented ready-made garment sector are eligible for workplace injury and disability compensation payments in accordance with international standards adopted by the ILO Employment Injury Benefits Convention, 1964 (No. 121). This is called the EIS Pilot.

DHAKA (ILO News) – On 24 June 2023, the International Labor Organization (ILO) and its knowledge partner CMED Health Ltd, along with industry partners BGMEA, BKMEA, and BEF, organized a grand launching event of Handbook and Checklist for establishing model enterprise clinics in Bangladesh's RMG industries.

The German development partner GIZ will provide 7.0-million euro as grant for social protection of the workers in the textile and leather industries in Bangladesh.

To this end, a grant deal between Economic Relations Division (ERD) and GIZ under the German development cooperation ministry was signed in Dhaka on Thursday.

The German government will give Bangladesh 7 million euro in grants to help provide social protection for workers of the textile and leather sectors.