The government on Thursday extended the deadline for completing remediation works in the readymade garment factories, which are being inspected under the joint initiative of the Bangladesh government and the International Labour Organisation, up to December this year.
Read More »Industrial safety unit to ensure safe working conditions
The government has initiated a move for setting up ‘industrial safety unit’ under the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments with the aim of ensuring safe working condition in all industrial sectors.
Read More »Compensation protocol for workers still far from reality
Instead of fulfilling its pledge to develop a compensation protocol in line with the ILO convention, the government is now working to reform the labour law by setting the maximum compensation at meagre Tk 2 lakh.
Read More »Bangladesh’s garment industry now a model for workplace safety
On this day five years ago, Rana Plaza collapsed, and with it went 1,138 lives and irrevocably changed those of thousands others.
Read More »Govt relaxes membership requirement for trade union registration
The government has decided to lower the membership requirement threshold for trade union registration up to 20 per cent in its draft amendments to the labour act after the International Labour Organisation expressed dissatisfaction over the threshold.
Read More »Bangladesh’s apparel industry has made remarkable progress in transparency
H&M in its new high-end product Arket introduced “transparent tagging,” where they mention the supplying factory names as well as some other key details of manufacturing.
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