"Bangladesh garment factory ‘closed’ as workers protest ‘unfair termination’", 17 January 2024

The Daily Star shared that the garment workers started a demonstration inside the factory in Ulail area, next to Dhaka-Aricha highway in Bangladesh...

According to the local news outlet, a factory worker from Anlima Textile Limited allegedly told them that workers had been fired over the last couple of months and were not even paid any service benefits upon termination.

But the factory’s assistant vice president (HR Admin), Razaul Kaiuom told The Daily Star that the allegation of unjust dismissal of the workers was not correct and many workers had resigned due to work shortage but the authorities accepted the resignation with payment of all dues.

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The Daily Star further noted that authorities of the garment factory declared it “indefinitely closed”...following worker protests over the alleged dismissal of their co-workers.

The factory is reportedly shut as per Section 13(1) of Bangladesh Labour Act 2006.