Globalization and Labour Rights: Lessons from the Experiences of Bangladesh - Hardcover

Al Faruque, Abdullah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9819236606 ISBN 13: 9789819236602

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2026

Synopsis

This book focuses on the challenges that economic globalization poses in industrial relations in developing countries like Bangladesh. It explores how labor rights are violated in a global supply chain, and how the international labor standards can offset the negative impacts of globalization.  After examining the multifarious functions of labor law in the globalized world, this book critically examines the effectiveness of the regulatory framework of Bangladesh to deal with these challenges. It also draws lessons from the experiences on a range of issues, including integration of human rights due diligence norms, trade union and collective bargaining, fixing minimum wage, emergence of transnational labour governance, labor rights in EPZs, and  regulatory reforms initiated after the Rana plaza disaster  in Bangladesh. The book also examines labor dispute settlement mechanisms, the role of social dialogue and migrant workers’ rights in the global and Bangladesh context.

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About the Author

Dr. Abdullah Al Faruque is working as a Professor, Department of Law, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. He is a former Dean of the Faculty of Law, former Director of Research and Publication Cell, University of Chittagong and former Visiting Fellow at Macquarie University, Australia. His notable publications include Nuclear Energy Regulation, Risk and the Environment (Routledge, 2019), Foreign Investment, Human Rights and Environmental Protection: Striking a Balance for Sustainable Development (Routledge, 2024), International Human Rights Law: Protection Mechanisms and Contemporary Issues, 2nd ed., (New Warsi Book Corporation, Dhaka, 2015), and Petroleum Contracts: Stability and Risk Management in Developing Countries (Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs, 2011).

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This book focuses on the challenges that economic globalization poses in industrial relations in developing countries like Bangladesh. It explores how labor rights are violated in a global supply chain, and how the international labor standards can offset the negative impacts of globalization.  After examining the multifarious functions of labor law in the globalized world, this book critically examines the effectiveness of the regulatory framework of Bangladesh to deal with these challenges. It also draws lessons from the experiences on a range of issues, including integration of human rights due diligence norms, trade union and collective bargaining, fixing minimum wage, emergence of transnational labour governance, labor rights in EPZs, and  regulatory reforms initiated after the Rana plaza disaster  in Bangladesh. The book also examines labor dispute settlement mechanisms, the role of social dialogue and migrant workers’ rights in the global and Bangladesh context.

Dr. Abdullah Al Faruque is working as a Professor, Department of Law, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. He is a former Dean of the Faculty of Law, former Director of Research and Publication Cell, University of Chittagong and former Visiting Fellow at Macquarie University, Australia. His notable publications include Nuclear Energy Regulation, Risk and the Environment (Routledge, 2019), Foreign Investment, Human Rights and Environmental Protection: Striking a Balance for Sustainable Development (Routledge, 2024), International Human Rights Law: Protection Mechanisms and Contemporary Issues, 2nd ed., (New Warsi Book Corporation, Dhaka, 2015), and Petroleum Contracts: Stability and Risk Management in Developing Countries (Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs, 2011).

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9819236606
• ISBN 13: 9789819236602
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 287