Conciliation process under Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006 :

The Conciliator shall can a meeting of the parties to the dispute for the purpose of arriving at a settlement If the parties reach a settlement, it shall be recorded in writing and singed by both parties and a copy shall be sent to the Government by the Conciliator. Employers or collective bargaining authorities under the Labor Act have the power to apply for settlement of disputes between employers and workers. No other person or authority is authorized to do so In the event of a dispute, the owner or collective bargaining agent shall notify the other party in writing After receiving written information about the parties to the dispute, a meeting with the negotiating authority must be concluded within 15 days. meetings may be held between representatives of both parties If the parties reach a decision on their respective issues, a written agreement is made and this agreement is signed by the parties and the employers send a copy of the agreement to the government, the labor executive authority and the organization. Conciliator After that start the conciliation process as per law within 10 days. Then the conciliator will  meet with both the conflicting parties on a fixed date. If the dispute is settled by conciliation, the conciliator shall send to the Government a report on the conciliation and a copy of the conciliation signed by the parties. This conciliation process has to be completed within 30 days. And if conciliation fails, the conciliating parties shall arrange to refer the dispute to arbitration. If the parties do not agree to resolve the dispute through arbitration, the conciliation shall fail and a certificate of failure of conciliation shall be issued. And if the parties agree to resolve the dispute through arbitration within 3 days, they shall send a request to join the arbitrator. The arbitrator shall then render the award to the parties within 30 days and shall send copies of the award to the parties. The award shall be final by arbitration and no appeal shall lie against the award The award shall be valid for 2 years.

Finally the conciliator will send a report to the government along with the memorandum of settlement signed by the parties to the dispute.