Better Factories' Transit Program promotes compliance with labor standards

The 34th annual Better Factories Report on working conditions in the garment sector in Cambodia found that the program Transparency of the project is having a significant positive effect on promoting compliance with factory standards. .
The Better Factories' Transit Program empowers public disclosure of an overview of each factory's performance On key issues related to working conditions.
Reports say significant improvements include providing training to workers about emergency evacuations and ensuring that gates Factory access is not locked during working hours, both of which are most important to increase Secure workers in rescue cases Urgent.
The report also found a drop in the rate of child labor in factories, from 74 cases on exit The 31st report came in four cases at the time of the current report. The issue of child labor in factories is an undesirable problem among various issues that are carefully monitored Banned by Better FactoriesIn addition to the above findings, other issues related to occupational safety and health remain challenges in the garment sector. Cambodia. The report highlights that this is because factories can not or do not want to spend on essential resources such as lighting equipment And ventilation systems. At the same time, some factories do not yet have clear procedures or policies that are relevant to occupational health and safety.

The 34th annual Better Factories report on working conditions in the garment sector in Cambodia, based on data from the 395 Evaluation Reports Collected from Inspections at a total of 439 factories between May 1, 2016 to 30th of January In January 2017.