Role of the government and Bgmea in Improving the Workplace Environment of Garments Factories in Bangladesh

Abstract

 In Bangladesh, the most powerful sector to earn foreign currency is ready made garments sector, but workplace environment of most garments factories is below standards. Recent incidents of many garments factories provide the proof of miserable conditions of theworkplace of the garments factories. The role of government and Bangladesh Garments Manufacturing Exporting Association (BGMEA) is crucial to improve the workplace environment of garments factories. But the question arises whether government and this business association take corrective actions to improve this environment or not. This paper tries to show what the initiatives the Government and BGMEA taken are and how those initiatives are being implemented.