BRAC, as part of its safeguarding policy,  is committed to protecting the rights of its employees and programme partners against abuse, sexual harassment, intimidation and violence, bullying, humiliation and discrimination, neglect and exploitation. This was discussed at a meeting ‘Safeguarding related awareness campaign’ at a hotel in Cox’s Bazar district town on Tuesday, said a press release.  The organisation has so far imparted training to more than 48,000 employees on safeguarding with the aim of raising awareness and share information and knowledge among the field level management staff of different BRAC programmes.  Read more: Brac to empower women at the grassroots The Humanitarian Crisis Management Programme (HCMP) of BRAC organized the discussion along with staging popular theatre to create awareness on safeguarding (protection of women). Khondoker Ariful Islam, Director of HCMP of BRAC, gave welcome address while Tahmina Yesmin, Safeguarding Lead of BRAC Head Office, highlighted the event’s objectives.   Shahana Hayat, Operations and Admin Head of HCMP, Tilon Andrews, Manager of Safeguarding Unit of BRAC Head Office, Ayesha Akter Monni, Manager of Safeguarding Unit under Human Resources Division of HCMP, among others, spoke on the occasion.    SM Zahidul Islam, Assistant General Manager of Human Resources Division of BRAC HCMP, conducted the discussion.   Khondoker Ariful Islam, in his speech said, "safeguarding is not a matter of BRAC, rather it is a global issue now. Hence we should give maximum importance to it." He called on all employees of BRAC to practice it in workplace. Regarding the objective of the programme, Tahmina Yesmin said, "the divisional level awareness raising event is aimed at creating an allout culture of safeguarding."  Read more: Meta partners with BRAC to empower Bangladeshi women, youth online Over 100 employees including regional managers, area managers, branch managers, and divisional managers of different BRAC programmes  from Teknaf and Ukhiya upazilas attended the programme.   BRAC held eight similar programmes at eight divisions of the country in the last one year till date.  

Employees braced for widespread layoffs at Twitter Friday as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the social platform. In a letter to employees obtained by multiple media outlets, the company said employees would find out by 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time if they had been laid off. The email did not say how many people would lose their jobs. Some employees tweeted early Friday that they had already lost access to their work accounts. The email to staff said job reductions were “necessary to ensure the company’s success moving forward.” Twitter’s roughly 7,500 employees have been expecting layoffs since Musk took the helm of the company. Already, the billionaire Tesla CEO has fired top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal, on his first day as Twitter’s owner. Read more: Blue check mark on Twitter: Vital verification or status symbol? He also removed the company’s board of directors and installed himself as the sole board member. On Thursday night, many Twitter employees took to Twitter to express support for each other -- often simply tweeting blue heart emojis to signify Twitter’s blue bird logo -- and salute emojis in replies to each other. As of Thursday, Musk and Twitter had given no public notice of the coming layoffs. That’s even though the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification statute requires employers with at least 100 workers to disclose layoffs involving 500 or more employees, regardless of whether a company is publicly traded or privately held. Barry C. White, a spokesperson for California’s Employment Development Department, said Thursday the agency has not received any such notifications from Twitter. A class action lawsuit was filed Thursday in federal court in San Francisco on behalf of one employee who was laid off and three others who were locked out of their work accounts. It alleges that Twitter intends to lay off more employees and has violated the law by not providing the required notice. Read more: Musk fires Twitter's board of directors becomes board's sole member The layoffs come at a tough time for social media companies, as advertisers are scaling back and newcomers -- mainly TikTok -- are threatening the older class of social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Meta Platforms Inc., Facebook’s parent company, recently posted its second quarterly revenue decline in history and its shares are trading at their lowest levels since 2015. Meta’s disappointing results followed weak earnings reports from Google parent Alphabet and even Microsoft.

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has published a job circular for the recruitment of manpower. The company will hire 200 workers on temporary basis for the post of conductor, grade-D (counterman). Interested and eligible candidates should apply online. Position Name: Conductor, Grade-D (Counterman) Number of posts: 200 Eligibility: Must have passed SSC or equivalent examination. Job type: Temporary. Salary scale: TK.6,800-21,310 (grade-16). Apart from this there are other facilities. Districts where candidates do not need to apply: Narayanganj, Bogra, Meherpur, Barisal, Jhalokati, Pirojpur (excluding orphans and physically challenged). Age limit: The age limit of the candidates is 18 to 30 years (February 8, 2022). The age limit for children of heroic freedom fighters or martyred freedom fighters and physically challenged candidates is 32 years. Also read: International NGO Job Circular : Jobs in ActionAid in multiple positions How to apply Interested candidates need to fill up the application form from this website. Detailed rules for application and payment of application fee can be found from this link. http://www.brtc.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/brtc.portal.gov.bd/notices/3c52529e_d665_4f6f_bf24_c6a16008c1dd/2022-01-09-07-35-ae1e425525808871054290ea6dd671eb.pdf Application fee : Application fee of  TK.150 / - must be submitted within 72 hours of filling up the online application form via SMS from Teletalk prepaid mobile phone.   Application deadline: February 8, 2022, until 5 p.m. Also read: Jobs in Bkash: Digital Marketing Job Circular

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the youth to develop a mindset of being self-employed and employers instead of desperately looking for jobs.