BGMEA introduces 'service book' among member units
FE Report | Friday, 25 July 2008
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has introduced a 'service book' among its member units to document detail information of the apparel workers for ensuring their legal rights.
Labour and Employment adviser Md. Anwarul Iqbal inaugurated the service book introduction programme at a function held in the BGMEA's premises Thursday.
Copies of the service book will be distributed among 2.5 million workers and employees of BGMEA and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufactures and Exporters Association (BKMEA).
"I am hopeful that BGMEA and BKMEA will ensure workers' rights and provide them their due facilities as these associations have been generating huge employment," said the adviser while inaugurating the service book as chief guest.
"The service book will help ensure security of job of the workers in the apparel sector," he said.
"We'll officially start distribution of the service book from August this year with an aim to keep record of all the workers including their social and employment conditions in detail," BGMEA President Anwar-ul-Alam Chowdhury (Parvez) said.
"Our main objective of introducing the book is to ensure transparency in the sector by collecting appropriate information that will enable the workers to establish their legal rights on controversial issues, if any," he added.
"The book will have five sections and 20 pages. The first section will contain the basic information about a worker's identification including family details, the second section will have a record about the worker's service details including the names of factory and employer, dates of his or her joining or leaving the job and the reasons. The third section will deal with records about a worker's wage and other facilities including house rent, bonus and provident fund. The fourth section will contain information about a worker's leave position and the fifth section will have information about a worker's general behaviour while on duty," said the BGMEA chief.
BGMEA also informed that each worker will be given an identification number and a software will be developed in the near future to store all the records of these workers.
"Some 2.0 million skilled and semi-skilled workers are now employed in apparel sector and we hope this service book will help bring discipline in the apparel sector," Mr. Parvez informed.
Labour and Employment adviser Md. Anwarul Iqbal inaugurated the service book introduction programme at a function held in the BGMEA's premises Thursday.
Copies of the service book will be distributed among 2.5 million workers and employees of BGMEA and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufactures and Exporters Association (BKMEA).
"I am hopeful that BGMEA and BKMEA will ensure workers' rights and provide them their due facilities as these associations have been generating huge employment," said the adviser while inaugurating the service book as chief guest.
"The service book will help ensure security of job of the workers in the apparel sector," he said.
"We'll officially start distribution of the service book from August this year with an aim to keep record of all the workers including their social and employment conditions in detail," BGMEA President Anwar-ul-Alam Chowdhury (Parvez) said.
"Our main objective of introducing the book is to ensure transparency in the sector by collecting appropriate information that will enable the workers to establish their legal rights on controversial issues, if any," he added.
"The book will have five sections and 20 pages. The first section will contain the basic information about a worker's identification including family details, the second section will have a record about the worker's service details including the names of factory and employer, dates of his or her joining or leaving the job and the reasons. The third section will deal with records about a worker's wage and other facilities including house rent, bonus and provident fund. The fourth section will contain information about a worker's leave position and the fifth section will have information about a worker's general behaviour while on duty," said the BGMEA chief.
BGMEA also informed that each worker will be given an identification number and a software will be developed in the near future to store all the records of these workers.
"Some 2.0 million skilled and semi-skilled workers are now employed in apparel sector and we hope this service book will help bring discipline in the apparel sector," Mr. Parvez informed.