The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) is a department under the Ministry of Labour and Employment. This department is responsible for ensuring welfare, safety and health of valuable human resources working in various sectors contributing national development. By enforcing labour laws of the country, the department has been leading the nation in creating a safe and healthy work culture and improving the quality of wage earner. The DIFE is no longer considered a mere labour law enforcement agency, it provides information and advice to employers and workers concerning the most effective means of complying with the legal provisions.
Every establishment can have its own service rules regulating the employment of the workers but it shall not be contradicting to any provision of the labour laws and such service rules must get prior approval from the Chief Inspector.
Employment and Labour legal services in Bangladesh is one of the core practice areas of FM Associates while having the leading employment lawyers in Bangladesh. The firm has earned significant experiences while working in matters of Employment & Labour legal practices in Bangladesh and has also won a prestigious award namely “Best Employment and Labour Law Firm in Bangladesh”. FM associates belives to be the one of the best and leading law office in Bangladesh when it is about Employment, Labour law and compliances in Bangladesh. The horizon of FM Associates’s Employment & Labour legal services in Bangladesh includes advising the multinational and local employers and employees in various employment law aspects including drafting HR Policy, drafting and implementation of all procedures with national and international requirements, giving a sample reflection of what best could be achieved. FM Associates has also been involved in litigation on employment disputes in the labor courts and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. FMA regularly furnishes legal opinions on HP policy, employee code of conduct, hiring and firing issues, gratuity, provident fund, benevolent fund, discrimination at work, sexual harassment cases, vicarious liabilities etc. FMA also regularly advises on matters involving provident fund, gratuity, workers’ compensation, maternity benefits, workers’ entitlement to company’s profits etc.
