INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT MULLS NEW SAFETY SYSTEM
September 1st, 2017
BANGLADESH’S government is considering proposals to establish a new national workplace health and safety system to replace the international Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh and the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, which are due to be wound up next June (2018).
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BGMEA) wants to establish a ‘Shomman’ system, (‘honour’ in Bengali), which would be national government-led. Some senior government officials, however, have warned that this could undermine the ...
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