Bangladesh annual leave calculator (বাৎসরিক ছুটি, Labour Act s.117)
Bangladesh annual leave calculator (Under section 117 of the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006, a worker who has completed one year of continuous service earns paid annual leave of one day for every 18 days worked in the previous twelve months in a shop, commercial or industrial establishment, factory or road transport — one per 22 days in a tea garden and one per 11 days for a newspaper worker — and an adolescent earns one per 14 days (18 in a tea garden).
Worked example · Days Entitled
With Months of continuous service with this employer of 24, this model computes Days Entitled of 16. See the full working.
✓ Verified against 12 self-test cases Updated for 2026 · sources checked 2026-11-01
How বাৎসরিক ছুটি (annual leave) in Bangladesh is calculated
Section 117(1) of the **Bangladesh Labour Act 2006**: every adult worker who has completed one year of continuous service in an establishment gets, in the next twelve months, leave with wages for the previous twelve months’ work at **one day for every eighteen days of work** in a shop, commercial or industrial establishment, factory or road transport establishment, **one per twenty-two** in a tea garden and **one per eleven** for a newspaper worker. Section 117(2) gives an adolescent worker (14 to 18) **one per fourteen** days in a factory, shop, commercial or industrial establishment and **one per eighteen** in a tea garden.
So **288 days** of work in a shop or factory earn **16 days**; the page counts whole days only. Unused leave carries forward until an adult has 40 days (factory, road transport) or 60 (tea garden, shop, commercial or industrial establishment) — 60 or 80 for an adolescent — and leave the employer refuses is added beyond that limit. Holidays, paid leave, sickness, maternity leave of up to 120 days, lay-off and lawful strikes do not break continuous service (s.117(8), as amended by the Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act 2026).
The Act covers “workers” (s.2(65)), not staff put in charge of management, administration or supervision in writing, and EPZ workers have their own law. Section 117(2) states no rate for adolescents in road transport or newspapers, so the page applies the adult rate there (road transport is its own option). Casual leave (s.115), sick leave (s.116) and festival leave (s.118) are separate.
Worked example
ShowHide the full working: 5 inputs, 2 computed steps
| Inputs | |
|---|---|
| Months of continuous service with this employer | 24 |
| Days you worked in the previous twelve months | 288 |
| Where you work | Shop, commercial or industrial establishment, or factory |
| Adolescent worker (aged 14 to 17) | no |
| Days already taken this leave year | 0 |
| Computed by the engine | |
| Days Entitled ✓ pinned | 16 |
| Days Remaining ✓ pinned | 16 |
Every computed row comes from the engine, run on the inputs above. Rows marked ✓ pinned are also fixed by a published self-test, so a change to the model that moved them would fail its own tests.
Frequently asked questions
How many days of annual leave does a worker get in Bangladesh?
One day for every 18 days worked in the previous twelve months — about 16 days for a six-day week — once one year of continuous service is complete (Labour Act 2006 s.117). In a tea garden it is one per 22 days, and for newspaper workers one per 11.
Do I get annual leave in my first year?
No. Section 117 grants the leave to a worker who has completed one year of continuous service, for the work of the previous twelve months.
Can unused annual leave be carried forward?
Yes. It accumulates until an adult has 40 days in a factory or road transport, or 60 in a tea garden, shop, commercial or industrial establishment (60 or 80 for an adolescent). Leave the employer refused is added on top of that limit.
Sources
- Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 s.117 (amended by Act 43 of 2026), Laws of Bangladesh · checked 2026-11-01
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