Ensuring the Rights of Online Platform Worker Law in Bangladesh

Abstract

Countries in the developed world are becoming more protected about the rights of online platform workers but in developing countries like Bangladesh, any such legal basis to protect their rights is absent. According to the workers’ law of Bangladesh, this right requires a proper legal ground as the main objective of the labor law of Bangladesh is to ensure rule of law, fundamental worker rights, equality, justice, etc. It is necessary to implement a law regarding digital worker rights in Bangladesh to protect the workforce of the digital sector. The purpose of this thesis is to examine if any kind of protection for online workers exists in Bangladesh currently and whether those are enough to legally protect them. The paper examines the importance of online platform workers’ law in Bangladesh in line with Bangladesh’s labor law. Also, to figure out the necessary steps that should be taken by Bangladesh to create the legal framework for the digital worker. Here, we have discussed the constitutional and labor law framework for the protection of worker rights, based on International Law and related articles, UDHR, ICCPR. This research has used data from secondary sources which are some laws, case law, relevant articles, newspaper articles, journals, websites, etc. In the end, the research has yielded several findings and recommendations to enhance the capacity of online platform worker law in a more competent and efficacious means.