receive any form of compensation. In many countries‚ victims of such workplace accidents would have been able to take advantage of insurance schemes. In Bangladesh‚ laws pertaining to group insurance have long remained in the books‚ but they have yet to become a reality for the country’s RMG workers. The recently passed Labour (Amendment) Act‚ 2013‚ has done little to ameliorate the situation. Workers’ Insurance Scenario in Bangladesh Pursuant to the amended Section 99 of the Labour Act‚ 2006‚ it
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left blank Health and safety in the engineering workplace affects all personnel‚ no matter what their involvement. Ensuring a healthy and safe working environment is not only the province of management - who are responsible for supplying the personal protective equipment and warning notices shown in the photograph; but also that of every individual. All staff and all visitors must use appropriate personal protective equipment and ensure that they are conversant with the safety warning notices
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Health and Safety in the Workplace Bradley Whitaker Mid Continent University Human Resource Management DL17/M14 Professor J. Gordon February 13‚ 2013 Health and Safety in the Workplace Health and Safety play a very important role in the workplace today. Many organizations take the responsibility of their employees’ safety and health seriously due to the various affects that could stem from a lack of providing a safe work environment. During the 20th century our nation has become a world
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Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 2000‚ Vol. 5‚ No. 3‚ 347-358 Copyright 2000 by the Educational Publishing Foundation 1076-8998/00/$5.00 DOI: 10.1037fl1076-8998.5.3.347 Perceptions of Safety at Work: A Framework for Linking Safety Climate to Safety Performance‚ Knowledge‚ and Motivation Mark A. Griffin Queensland University of Technology Andrew Neal University of Queensland Research in the areas of organizational climate and work performance was used to develop a framework for
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What is operational health and safety - The identification‚ evaluation and control of hazards associcated with the work environment. -The goal is to reduce occupational injuries and illnesses associated with employment * Injury = any cut‚ fracture‚ sprain or amputation * Illness= any abnormal condition or disorder caused by factors -Why only reduce and not eliminate? Because illness is unforeseeable. Accidents and the employer is not in full control of everything. Science is evolving
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Garments industry in Bangladesh Although Bangladesh is not developed in industry‚ it has been enriched in Garment industries in the recent past years. In the field of Industrialization garment industry is a promising step. It has given the opportunity of employment to millions of unemployed‚ specially innumerable uneducated women of the country. It is making significant contribution in the field of our export income. History of our cloth Industry: Once the cloth of Bangladesh achieved worldwide
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THE GARMENT INDUSTRY OF BANGLADESH Introduction: The garment industry has played a pioneering role in the development of industrial sector of Bangladesh. Though it took a rather late start i.e.‚ in 1976 but it soon established its reputation in the world market within a short span of time. Resultantly garment is now one of the main export items of the country. Besides‚ enriching the country’s economy it has played a very important role in alleviating unemployment. At present there are more than
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1.1 Background of the Study The garments industry of Bangladesh has been the key export division and a main source of foreign exchange for the last 35 years. At present‚ the country generates about $6 billion worth of products each year by exporting garment. The industry provides employment to about 3 million workers of whom 90% are women. Two non-market elements have performed a vital function in confirming the garment industry’s continual success; these elements are (a) quotas under Multi- Fibred
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WHAT IS A WORKPLACE? - If you put the phrase‚ “healthy workplace” into the Google search engine‚ you get about 2‚000‚000 results. Clearly it’s a hot topic. And just as clearly‚ once you follow some of the links‚ there are thousands of interpretations of what the phrase means; thousands of providers of healthy workplace models‚ tools and information; thousands of researchers looking into the subject. - A workplace is a location or building where people perform physical or mental work in order
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