According to the report, 100 percent of employees in the highway transport work over eight hours a day. The same goes for 92 percent in the re-rolling industry, 98 percent in the hotel and restaurant industry, 42 percent in the medical industry and 80 percent in the security industry. Ninety-two percent of industry workers earn between Tk 10,000 and Tk 20,000 a month. Some 8 per cent of security workers were women, and 4 percent were under the age of 18. Workplace deaths due to violence were highest among transport workers (39), domestic workers (17) and shop workers (15).

Source: bd News24 April 30, 2017 13:58 UTC