AC CES S TO E D U CATI ON, EMPLOYMENT, AND HE ALTHCA RE P ROTECTIO N N OT ES Rohingya employed in Bangladesh are entitled to apply to receive the protections and benefits provided by the Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation as outlined in Section 5 of this Act and further defined in Section 4 of the implementing Rules, including: • being provided medical treatment in medical camps established by the Foundation to treat workers, especially workers affected by accidents or environmental causes; • being provided financial allocations to cover the medical expenses of visiting a medical clinic or hospital (up to 500,000 taka); • receiving assistance for the education of their children (up to 25,000 taka for general education and up to 300,000 taka for higher education); • receiving one-time assistance in case of permanent physical or mental disability or death due to an accident (a lump sum of up to 200,000 taka to the worker or, in the case of death, family; and up to 50,000 taka for emergency medical care); • for Rohingya female workers in the informal sector, receiving assistance for maternal welfare (up to 25,000 taka); • receiving necessary assistance for the treatment of chronic diseases (up to 100,000 taka); • receiving financial incentives in recognition of special skills (up to 25,000 taka). Domestic Workers Protection and Welfare Policy, 2015 S UMMARY This Policy provides a number of protections to domestic workers, including requiring that their employers provide an employment contract, sufficient rest and leave including 16 weeks of maternity leave, and setting out the applicability of the minimum age for employment per the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006. AP PL ICAB IL IT Y TO RO H I NGYA This Policy applies to all domestic workers in Bangladesh without reference to citizenship. Therefore, any Rohingya domestic workers in Bangladesh are arguably covered by this Policy. 52 P ROTECTIO N N OT ES Rohingya employed as domestic workers should be provided a number of protections and rights outlined in this Policy. Domestic workers’ employers should ensure that full-time workers receive a liveable wage, and that where provided, the maintenance and clothing of a domestic worker is to be in addition to any wages (Article 7.1a). Part-time domestic workers’ wages are to be set in accordance with the principle of a liveable wage, albeit with respect to the number of hours employed (Article 7.1b). By virtue of Article 7.2, the minimum age for employment laid out in the Bangladesh Labour Act should also apply to domestic workers, meaning that no children under the age of 14 should be employed as domestic workers.53 Article 7.4 sets out that domestic workers should be assigned working hours in such a way that allows for proper opportunities for rest and recreation, including access to a safe and healthy area to sleep and paid leave to be taken with the employer’s permission. 65 BE YOND REFU GE: ADVANCING LEG AL PROTECTIONS FOR ROHINGYA C OMMUNITIES IN BANGL ADESH