Published : 21 Oct 2015, 11:04 PM
Updated : 08 Aug 2022, 05:02 PM
Labour Tribunal-1 Chairman Tabassum Islam sent notices to five top Garmeenphone officials after the case was started on Wednesday.
Those asked to reply are Grameenphone’s Chief Executive Officer Rajeev Sethi, Trustee Board Chairman of the company’s participatory fund Quazi Mohammad Shahed, trustees Md Mainur Rahman Bhuiyan, Md Moinul Quader, and Ahmed Monzuruddoha.
They have been told to either appear in person or send their representatives to file their responses and the relevant documents to the court on Nov 2.
His lawyer Abdul Mannan told bdnew24.com: “The case, filed under Section 132 of the Bangladesh Labour Law (Amendment) 2013, is a civil suit.”
Kamrul Hassan said: “The case has been filed for the payment of dues amounting to Tk 2.144 million lying outstanding since 2010. I made repeated requests but have not been paid. So, I have taken recourse to legal action.”
Kamrul has been working for Grameenphone since 2006. The Workers’ Participation Fund was instituted in 2010 in keeping with the labour law.
The law says companies having over 100 employees with a paid-up capital of Tk 1 billion and fixed assets worth Tk 2 billion on the last day of a fiscal year have to contribute 5 percent of its profits to the Workers’ Participatory Fund or Workers’ Welfare Fund.
The law further states that two-thirds of the accumulated money in the participatory fund will be equally distributed among the beneficiaries and one-third invested as per Section 240 (11) of the law and the arising profit equally distributed among them.
“A process to pay the fund money had begun in July. But only the officials were paid. No worker got any money,” said Kamrul.
He claims 3,000 employees of Grameenphone wings are entitled to about Tk 7 billion.
In reply to an email seeking Grameemphone’s reaction to the development, the company said in its return mail that it had not received any court order or notice. Hence, it was unable to comment on the matter.
