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  • I would like to welcome you all to this course on Labour and Industrial Law. I am very much looking forward to have a great learning session with you all during these extraordinary times.


    Your Course Instructor:

    Mohammad Abu Sufian
    LL.B (Hons) & LL.M (London)
    Certificate of Higher Education in Law (London)
    Master of Laws in International Trade Law (London)
    Senior Lecturer, Department of Law
    Assistant Proctor (PC)Daffodil International University
    Cell: 01716362630E-mail:     sufian.law@diu.edu.bd
    Office Hours: Sunday to Thursday (From 8.30am  to 4.30pm.)

    Class Schedule:

    Day: Sunday    section A                             Monday SECTION B
    Time: 1.30 pm ---3.30pm                              8.30AM ----10.30AM

    Room Number: 1214                                     1215B


    Objectives of the Course: 

    The aims of the course are to study in detail those aspects labour law that regulates relationship between workers and the employers. This course aims to provide an overview of central topics of both Bangladesh labour laws and international labour law promoted by ILO. Students will understand the emergence of the movement for the protection of labour rights throughout the world. It will mainly focus on legal mechanism of protecting worker rights in both formal and informal sectors. One of the key concerns will be to promote labour activism from among students of this course.

    Expected Learning Outcomes from the Course: 

    It is expected that students will be able to:

    ·         Understand the idea of labour relations and the premise of abour legislations;

    ·         Become aware of labour rights, safety, health and hygiene etc;

    ·         Learn about the Wages, Compensation and Trade Union rights;

    ·         Apply and analyze laws as capacity of judges, academics;

    ·         Contribute in safeguarding labour human rights.

     Course Content:

    The course will focus on the protection worker rights. This will be done on the basis of international labour laws promulgated by ILO. It will examine the significance of protecting worker rights from the lens of human rights law, constitutional law, Islamic law, and other principles of natural justice. The appointment of workers along with the condition of work, welfare measures, wages, and dispute regulation will be thoroughly looked at from Bangladesh labour law perspective. 

    Instructions/Guidelines/Requirement for this Course:

    • Classes will be conducted through google meet during the pandemic.
    • All the students registered for this course have to enroll in Moodle.
    • The link of the classes will be provided in the Moodle. 
    • Students can find all the course materials from Moodle.
    • All the students have to submit the soft copy of their "Assignment" in Moodle under assignment section created here and for this they will be graded here.
    • One discussion or feedback forum is created under each of the lecture Students have to give their feedback on these forum and marks will be given for their feedback
    • Any announcement regarding the class will be posted on Moodle. So they have to keep themselves always active on Moodle.
    • All the quizzes and presentations will be held on this platform and students will be informed accordingly.
    • The question pattern and the syllabus for the quizzes, midterm and final exam will be given along with the announcement for these tests.
    • Two special discussion forums will be created before mid-term and final examination for analyzing both the question and exam methods.

  • Module 1: Preliminary concept of Labour Law (Lecture 1&2)

    Lecture Objectives: 

    1. Elaborating the preliminary concept of Labour Law;
    2. Defining the nature of the Labour Law;
    3. Presenting the significance of studying this course;
    4. Principles of Labour law. 

    Lecture Outcomes: 

    At the end of the 1st week, students will be able to-

    1. Demonstrate the genesis of Labour legislation;
    2. Appreciate the subject matter of Labour law;
    3. Know the existing applicable Labour laws in Bangladesh. 

    Contents: 

    This module covers the preliminary concept of labour and industrial law. It looks at the historical development of this branch of law. It also attempts to present the necessity of studying this course for the law students.  

    Broadly, it will cover the following topics: 

    1.  Meaning and nature of labour law;
    2.  Subject matter of labour law;
    3.  Historical development of labour law;
    4.   Labour laws of Bangladesh;
    5.   Is Bangladesh labour Act Code;
    6.   Importance of studying labour law;
    7.   Principles of labour legislations.


  • Module II: ILO, Constitutional and Jurisprudential Basis of Labour Law (Lecture 3&4)

    Lecture Objectives: 

    1. Understanding the role and function of ILO;
    2. Explaining the international law-making process; 
    3. How the constitution function as a basis of the protection of Labour rights;
    4. Elaborating Islamic Perspective to Labour Law. 

    Lecture Outcomes: 

    At the end of the second week, students will be able to-

    1. Demonstrate the relationship of Bangladeshi Labour law with International Law;
    2. Appreciate the constitutional basis of Labour law;
    3. Analyze the jurisprudential basis of Labour law. 

    Contents: 

    1.   International Labour law;
    2.    ILO and Bangladesh;
    3.    Constitution and Labour rights;
    4.    Islam and Labour rights;
    5.    Philosophical foundation of Labour legislation.


  • Module III on Application of Bangladesh Labour Code 2006 (Lecture 5&6)

    Lecture Objectives: 

    1. Understanding the role and function of ILO;
    2. Explaining the application of the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006; 

    3. Describing the Non-application of labour law;

    Lecture Outcomes: 

    At the end of this module, students will be able to-

    1. Demonstrate which workers are benefited from the existing law;
    2. Appreciate the need for enacting new laws for workers in informal sectors. 

    Contents: 

    1. Application of labour law;
    2. Non-application of labour law;
    3. Extending labour laws to informal sectors of Bangladesh.


  • Module IV on Meaning and Classification of Workers along with Employment Condition (Lecture 7&8)

    Lecture Objectives: 

    1. Elaborating the preliminary concept about workers and their classification;
    2. Defining the nature of work of the employees;
    3. Conditions of the work.

    Lecture Outcomes: 

    At the end of the 1st week, students will be able to-

    1. Demonstrate the classification of the worker;
    2. Appreciate the differences between workers and other employees;
    3. Know the standing rules of the services. 

    Contents:

    ·         Meaning of workers;

    ·         Classification of workers;

    ·         Condition of work;

    ·         Employment procedure;

    ·         Service rules and books.


  • Module V on Termination of Employment and Relief against Termination (Lecture 9, 10 & 11)

    Lecture Objectives: 

    1. Elaborating the methods of firing a worker from employment;
    2. Defining the grounds of both permanent and temporary termination;
    3. elaborating the remedy against termination.

    Lecture Outcomes: 

    At the end of this module, students will be able to-

    1. Demonstrate the reasons of termination of employment;
    2. Appreciate differences between various types of determination;
    3. Advise a victim terminated worker. 

    Contents:

    ·         Permanent termination of employment;

    ·         Temporary termination of employment;

    ·         Grievance procedure against termination.


  • Module IV: Child and Women Workers (Lecture 12&13)

    Lecture Objectives: 

    1. Understanding the merits and demerits of child labour;
    2. Laws regulating child labour; 

    3. Maternity benefits for women;

    Lecture Outcomes: 

    At the end of this module, students will be able to-

    1. Demonstrate the rights of the child in the workplace;
    2. Appreciate the need for enacting new laws for protecting child and women workers' rights. 

    Contents:
    1. Child and adolescent worker
    2. Child labour
    3. Women worker rights
    4. Maternity benefits 

  • Module VII: Health, Safety, Working Hours and Leave (Lecture 14&15)

    Lecture Objectives: 

    1. Defining the right to health and safety of the workers ;
    2. Laws regulating working hours leave and holiday.

    Lecture Outcomes: 

    At the end of this module, students will be able to-

    1. Demonstrate the rights to health, safety, and security of the workers;
    2. Appreciate the laws governing the right to rest, leisure, and entertainment. 

    Contents: 

    1. Right to health
    2. safety
    3. security of the workers
    4. Working hours
    5.  holiday and leave



  • Assignment


    General Guidelines:

    1.      All students are mandatorily required to submit an assignment of 5 marks electronically in every course.

    2.      Generally, assignments are taken before the final examination. The course teacher may set the title of the assignments or even ask students to find out their own topics from any particular area of the course. 

    3.      Students must submit assignments no later than due date fixed by the course teacher using BLC platform.

    Assessment Plan:

    1.      The assessment activity should mainly focus on theoretical and analytical understanding of the topic.

    2.      Since writing an assignment is considered as a baby step towards creating a research mind among students, assessment strategy must concern the originality of the ideas.

    3.      20% of assignment mark could be allotted for simply being able to select a good title for the assignment.

    4.      The contribution of the task in the scholarship and real life are two crucial factors in assessing the quality of assignment works.

    Assessment Rubrics:

    Every faculty may set criteria for the assessment. He or she rq1may decide what criteria or essential elements must be present in the student’s work to ensure that it is high in quality. However, an effort is taken to present an example of the general rubric’s criteria for marking assignment.

    Criteria

    Excellent (A and A-)

    Above Average (B+ and B)

    Average (B- and C+)

    Below Average (Other Grades)

    Content

     

     

     

     

    Organization

     

     

     

     

    Clarity of Writing

     

     

     

     

    Research Questions

     

     

     

     

    Sources/References

    10-15

    6-9

    4-5

    1-3

     

    Assignment Methods/Policy (Sample):

    Students should be able find out their own topic from within one given particular contemporary area. However, a list of sample topics/questions could also be provided by the respective course instructor. It will be useful, if the topics are delivered 2/3 weeks before the deadline for submission. Assignment could be taken in any of the following ways.

    1.      Writing short articles on the given/chosen topics;

    2.      Book review;

    3.      Case review;

    4.      Article review;

    5.      Preparing draft legislations.   

    Submission: Students will submit assignments clicking the submission button in the assignment section. The length of the assignment should not exceed 5 pages (1500/2000 words). Students should be allowed at least 3 days to submit assignments after date of announcement. Students can either put texts or attach files for submitting assignments using BLC.


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      Topic: 

      Is there any compensation against injuries suffered due to work? And what if a worker dies being infected by COVID 19 in the workplace?


  • Module VIII: Wages and Minimum Wages (Lecture 16&17)

    Lecture Objectives: 

    1. How wages are determined;
    2. The role and functions of the minimum wage board.

    Lecture Outcomes: 

    At the end of this module, students will be able to-

    1. Demonstrate the rights of the workers to be paid after the end of a minimum period of time;
    2. Appreciate the laws governing the minimum wages in Bangladesh. 

    Contents: 

    1. Wages;
    2. Minimum wages;
    3. Whether the existing amount of minimum wages is fair and equitable.


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     Assessment Rubrics for essay type questions in Quizzes:

    Top of Form

    Poor

    Fair

    Average

    Good

    Exemplary

     

    F equivalent

    D equivalent

    C equivalent

    B equivalent

    A equivalent

     

     

    Legal Issues and Precedents

     

    Identification

    Poor

    Fair

    Average

    Good

    Exemplary



    Identify the legal issues in the cases or essay


    Identifies & understands almost none of the issues presented in the case study  or legal issues


    Identifies & understands few of the main issues in the case study or legal issues


    Identifies & understands some of the main issues in the case study or legal issues


    Identifies & understands most of the main issues in the case study or legal issues


    Identifies & understands almost all of the main issues in the case study or legal issues

    Laws and Precedents

    Poor

    Fair

    Average

    Good

    Exemplary



    Identify the laws and legal precedents that pertain to the legal issues

    Identifies, demonstrates and/or understands none of laws and legal precedents for the case study or legal issues

    Identifies, demonstrates and/or understands few of laws and legal precedents for the case study or legal issues

    Identifies, demonstrates and/or understands some of laws and legal precedents for the case study or legal issues

    Identifies, demonstrates and/or understands most of laws and legal precedents for the case study or legal issues

    Identifies, demonstrates and/or understands all of laws and legal precedents for the case study or legal issues

    Analysis of Issues

    Poor

    Fair

    Average

    Good

    Exemplary



    For each issue, compare both existing legislation and case law with the facts presented in this case.

    Was not able to analyze the issues using facts presented, laws and case precedents and/or was not able to separate issues for analysis.

    Marginal analysis of each of the separate issues using the relevant facts, laws and case precedents and/or was not able to separate issues

    Somewhat thorough analysis of the issues presented using the facts presented, laws and case precedents and handled each of the issues separately prior to coming to a grand or universal resolution

    Reasonably thorough analysis of each of the issues using the facts presented, laws and case precedents and handled each of the issues separately prior to coming to a grand or universal resolution

    Very thorough and insightful analysis of each of the the issues using the laws and precedents and handled each of the issues separately prior to coming to a grand or universal resolution


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  • Module IX: Trade Union and Labour Dispute Resolution (Lecture 18,19 & 20)

    Lecture Objectives: 

    1. Defining the constitutional rights of the workers to join a trade union;
    2. Examing the practices which are unlawful;
    3. Explaining the formal method of dispute settlement;
    4. Explaining the informal method of dispute settlement.

    Lecture Outcomes: 

    At the end of this module, students will be able to-

    1. Demonstrate the right of every worker to become part of a trade union;
    2. Appreciate the laws governing CBA and unfair labour practices;
    3. Demonstrate the role of ADR in the settlement of labour disputes;
    4. Appreciate the functioning of the appellate court to settle labour disputes. 

    Contents: 

    1. Trade union;
    2. CBA;
    3. Unfair labour practice;
    4. Labour dispute settlement mechanism;
    5. ADR in labour law;
    6.  Labour court and labour appellate tribunal.


  • QUIZ 3 FOR B(43)

  • Presentation



    General Guidelines:

    1.      All students are mandatorily required to participate in the presentation session which is of 8 marks.

    2.      Being a law student, one of the key visions should be how to become a good orator. The course teacher has full discretions to take presentations at any time of the semester based on their individual plan of achieving the objectives of the course.

    3.      Generally, presentations are taken before the final examination. The art of articulating arguments in front of an informed audience and camera will be tested.

    4.      The course teacher may set the title of the presentations or even ask students to find out their own topics from any particular area of the course which has contemporary significance. 

    5.      Students will either submit video recording of the presentation using BLC or present in front of all using Google Meet or Zoom.

    Assessment Plan:

    1.      The assessment activity should primarily look at whether students are able to present with confidence.

    2.      Enhancing the lawyering skill of the students is the key component of the assessment strategy.

    3.      Students should be able to present their arguments within the stipulated time. Students should be properly directed on how they will effectively respond to the questions from their friends and the moderator.

    Assessment Rubrics:

    Every faculty may set criteria for the assessment. He or she may decide what criteria or essential elements must be present in the student’s work to ensure that it is high in quality. However, an effort is taken to present an example of the general rubric’s criteria for marking presentations.

     

    Criteria

    Excellent (A and A-)

    Above Average (B+ and B)

    Average (B- and C+)

    Below Average (Other Grades)

    Introducing Own Self 

     

     

     

     

    Clear Organization of the Presentation

     

     

     

     

    Eye Contract and Overall Body Language

     

     

     

     

    Arguments

     

     

     

     

    Drawing Conclusions

     

     

     

     

     

    Presentation Topics (Sample):

    Students should be able find out their own topic from within one given particular contemporary area. However, a list of sample topics/questions could also be provided by the respective course instructor. It will be useful, if the topics are delivered 2/3 weeks before the deadline for presentation.

    Dress Code: Formal

    Submission:

    Presentations could be conducted in any of the two methods:

    1.      The traditional method of presenting during the class using Google Meet while the video camera will remain on;

    2.      Submitting the video file using the BLC forum.

    The duration should not exceed 10 minutes. Students should be allowed at least several days to submit presentation file after the date of announcement.


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      As discussed in the class, you may submit your recorded presentation here. Duration should be within 3-5 minutes. 

  • FEED BACK


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      If you have enjoyed the course and any opinions on further improvement of my course conduction and organization. I wish you the best of luck for your all future endeavors.