The ILO or the International Labour Organization (ILO), with an aim to improve the health and safety conditions of more than 60 million workers employed in textile, clothing, leather and footwear industries, has adopted a code of practice (CoP) based on international labour standards and other sectoral guidelines, even as the code, adopted for the first time, provides comprehensive and practical advice on how to eliminate, reduce and control all major hazards and risks.
Media reports maintained this while adding this has been underlined in the CoP draft, the purpose of which (the code) is to provide practical guidance for the use of all those, both in the public and private sectors, who have obligations, responsibilities, duties and rights regarding safety and health in leather and footwear and the textiles and clothing industries.
Meanwhile, the ILO Dhaka office has, reportedly, maintained the ILO sectoral code was adopted on 8 October and will shortly be available in Bangla even as speaking to the media, ILO Bangladesh Country Director Tuomo Poutiainen, reportedly, underlined Bangladesh Government through the Ministry of Labour and Employment, and employers and workers representatives were in Geneva to participate and contribute to the development of the code even as he maintained that Bangladesh in recent years, since the tragic Rana Plaza incident, has greatly improved the understanding of safety issues and resulted in much-enhanced safety standards particularly in apparel sector of the country.
