Grameenphone has contributed around Tk 30.31 crore amidst the ongoing global pandemic and economic instability, to the Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation Fund under the ministry of labour and employment for the welfare of the workers.
A five-member delegation led by Grameenphone's chief human resources officer Syed Tanvir Husain on Thursday handed over the cheque to state minister for the ministry of labour and employment Begum Monnujan Sufian, in the conference room of the ministry, said a press release.
"The government has formed a foundation fund under the Bangladesh Labor Act for the welfare of working people. This fund provides assistance to the workers of the formal and informal sectors for the treatment of accidental deaths in
workplaces, injuries, and incurable diseases, and also for the higher education of meritorious children of the workers. So far in this year, around two thousand workers have been provided assistance worth Tk 6.25 crore from this fund," Begum Monnujan Sufian at the cheque handover ceremony.
Grameenphone CHRO Syed Tanvir Husain said, "Grameenphone being a part of Telenor Group and as a responsible corporate citizen, has been an enabler of digitalization and development over the last 25 years.
In this journey, we are equally focused on a future-ready skilled workforce to build a smart Bangladesh and stand by them in their trying times in collaboration with Bangladesh Government."
"We believe our continued humble efforts with the contribution to Workers Welfare Fund will encourage many others to come forward. We are thankful to the Labour Ministry for best utilizing this fund for the greater interest of our workforce," he added.
Around 165 local, foreign and multinational companies, including Grameenphone, have been regularly contributing a certain portion of their dividends to this fund. It was revealed at the cheque handover ceremony that the number of companies submitting dividends is increasing every month, the release said.
At present, the amount deposited in this fund is around Tk 442 crore. Grameenphone's dividend is regularly deposited in the Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation. As the highest contributor to the fund, Grameenphone has so far deposited Tk 213, 32, 20,081.
Ministry of labour and employment secretary Md Ehsane Elahi, Bangladesh Workers Welfare Foundation director general Gokul Krishna Ghosh, Grameenphone industrial relations and HR strategy Mohammad Tawhidul Islam were also present among others, at the event.
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