As per a survey, over 29 per cent of surveyed apparel manufacturing units had to pay inspectors additional money to become eligible for compliant standards.
As per media reports, a joint study has revealed this even as the study, reportedly, underlined that during the high export growth period (September 2021 to March 2022), 29.3 per cent of the surveyed factories had to pay additional money to the inspectors to be eligible as compliant factories, which is illegal.
The study further, reportedly, revealed several new subcontracting factories have also been set up to meet higher export orders, where allegedly juvenile workers are also hired to offset workforce shortage.
The findings of the study titled ‘Debate on Recent Export Growth and Decent Employment in RMG Industry: A UNGPs Perspective’, by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and Christian Aid (CA) were shared recently at an event in capital Dhaka.
