scholarly journals Sufferings in silence: Violence against female workers in the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh: A qualitative exploration

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 174550651989130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadika Akhter ◽  
Shannon Rutherford ◽  
Cordia Chu
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Garment Industry ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Garment Factories ◽  
Violence In The Workplace ◽  
Qualitative Exploration

Introduction: Despite the improved safety of the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh since 2013, other workplace health and safety issues in the ready-made garment industry continue, especially violence towards female workers. This article examines this violence as well as the social norms and attitudes of key stakeholders underpinning it. Methods: Data were collected in four ready-made garment factories in Bangladesh through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions with female workers and key-informant interviews with different stakeholders, along with factory observations. Results: Findings were analysed thematically. Female workers described personal experience of violence in the workplace: physical and verbal abuse, constant pressure, other personal restrictions and withholding of pay. They did not make complaints for fear of losing their jobs. Supervisors characterized the women as ‘disobedient,’ ‘uncooperative’ and ‘unwilling’ to work and viewed their behaviour as acceptable. Other stakeholders ignored these problems. Conclusion: Finally, this study suggests how the findings encourage action to prevent violence in the workplace in order to address the emerging occupational health problems in Bangladesh.

Identifying Health and Safety Risks for Childcare Workers

AAOHN Journal ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (8) ◽  
pp. 321-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda J. McGrath
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Occupational Health ◽  
Workplace Health Promotion ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Safety Risks ◽  
Health Promotion Programs ◽  
Childcare Workers ◽  
Health And Safety Risks

Childcare workers are exposed to several health and safety risks in their work environment, the most common being infectious diseases, musculoskeletal injuries, accidents, and occupational stress. Pregnant childcare workers have an additional risk of potential harm to the fetus. Occupational health nurses can work collaboratively with childcare workers to reduce these risks and provide workplace health promotion programs. This article explores the occupational health and safety issues for childcare workers and suggests health promotion strategies that could be implemented by occupational health nurses working in this arena.

scholarly journals Nursing morale: what does the literature reveal?

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary E Day ◽  
Victor Minichiello ◽  
Jeanne Madison
Keyword(s):  
Patient Care ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Nursing Workforce ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Quality Patient Care ◽  
Considerable Cost ◽  
Workforce Issues ◽  
Health And Safety Issues

There is increasing attention to nursing workforce issues such as recruitment, retention, turnover, workplace health and safety issues and their impact on quality patient care. A number of these problems have been linked to poor morale. While there has been a lack of consensus on the determinants of morale, it is clear that the outcomes of poor morale not only add considerable cost to the organisation but also impact negatively on patient care. This article provides a systematic overview of the literature surrounding nursing morale and the variables identified in the literature that impact upon morale, and discusses the implications for future research.

Employee Turnover in the Garment Industry in Bangladesh: An Organization-level Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gazi Hossain ◽  
Monowar Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Employee Turnover ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Garment Industry ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Turnover Rates ◽  
Corporate Managers ◽  
Wage Rates ◽  
Wage Payment ◽  
Garment Factories

The main objective of this study is to identify the root causes of employee turnover in the garment industry in Bangladesh. The study employed a combination of case study and documentary research methods. Data and information were collected from eight garment factories through in-depth interviews, reviewing relevant documents, information extracting from annual reports and meetings minutes. The findings reveal wage rates, wage payment methods, training and development, career opportunities and occupational health and safety (OHS) as the main factors leading to high employee turnover in garment factories in Bangladesh. This study further explores the reasons for the variation in employee turnover rates among different garment factories. The findings advocate for a holistic approach adopting “multiple human resource practices” as a bundle to reduce employee turnover in the garment industry. Based on its empirical findings, this study provides recommendations that both corporate managers and government policy makers can follow to reduce employee turnover in the garment industry in Bangladesh.

scholarly journals HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY FOR FEMALE WORKFORCE OF GARMENT INDUSTRIES IN BANGLADESH

1970 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Akhter ◽  
A.F.M. Salahuddin ◽  
M. Iqbal ◽  
ABMA Malek ◽  
N. Jahan
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Working Condition ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
Industry Environment ◽  
Fire Accident

It is the advantage to outsourcing of supply chains that opened up a new door of economic emancipation for Bangladesh. The readymade garments (RMG) of Bangladesh emerge as value chain member of European, USA cloth merchants and retails. Many of them are found economic justification in outsourcing production function to Bangladesh. RMG sector of Bangladesh responded to this outsourcing demand quite successfully. The overwhelming success of the RMG sector of Bangladesh has moved its status in the global context in terms of economic and social development indicators. Despite the challenge that lies ahead, Bangladesh performed well in terms of realizing benefit of economic globalization, particularly its RMG sector. This paper discusses in brief the problem of health and safety issues of female workforce of garment industries in Bangladesh based upon the industry environment, their residential environment, working condition, age, problem of health, causes of diseases, causes of fire accident and their medical facilities.Key Words: Female Workers; Health; Disease; Fire and Safety.DOI: 10.3329/jme.v41i1.5364Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. ME 41, No. 1, June 2010 65-70

scholarly journals Safe at work? Employee experiences of workplace health and safety

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie-Anne Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Sex Industry ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Physical Problems ◽  
Safety Risks ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Health And Safety Risks ◽  
Health And Safety Issues

Health and safety is an important issue for New Zealand workers. It is accepted that some types of work have more inherent health and safety risks than others; however it is important that employees experiences of different types of health and safety issues, as well as their perceptions of how well their employers manage risks, are looked at in greater depth.The Survey of Working Life (2012) asked employed people how often, in the previous 12 months, they had experienced:· physical problems or pain because of work· stress from being at work, or the work itself stressful· tiredness from work that affected life outside of work· discrimination, harassment or bullying at work.This paper aims to look what role – if any - age, sex, industry, occupation, and employment relationship played in the results. Using the same breakdowns, employee’s perceptions of health and safety risk management, and whether they felt they had reasonable opportunities to contribute to improving health and safety in their workplace will also be explored in further detail.

scholarly journals Safety Issues of Female Workers of Garment Industry in Gazipur District, Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Shohel Mahmud ◽  
D Vinay Rajath
Keyword(s):  
Garment Industry ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Female Worker ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Garment Workers ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
Wide Range

We study the prevalence of safety hazards of female worker of the garment industry in Gazipur district, Bangladesh. This study focused on two sub-districts, Sreepur and Kaliakoir, of Gazipur district. Data for this study were collected from 100 female garment workers of the district. This study observes female workers in the industry consistently suffer from a wide range of safety hazards, such simple cut injury and fire incidences at the workplace. This study also analyses the causes and measures to solve the health issues of female garment workers of Gazipur district.

Immigrant Workers are Our Allies, Not Our Enemies

2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Garrett Brown
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Immigrant Workers ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Workplace Health And Safety ◽  
Working People ◽  
Chinese Workers ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Health And Safety Issues

The cold, hard reality of the global “savage capitalism” will be the greatest recruiter for unions offering real protections for workers. Health and safety issues have long been recognized as key to organizing workers. There is a positive “union effect” on workplace health and safety when informed and active workers are part of a member-controlled union on site. Solidarity among all working people in the global economy is essential. It will be a challenge in the U.S. because of recent efforts to scapegoat immigrant workers. But it is crucial that we overcome that corporation-absolving approach. Our future depends on us seeing Mexican or Chinese workers—in the U.S. or in their own countries—as “fellow workers” with the same problems and goals as us.

Health and Safety Issues for Workers in Nonstandard Employment

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Q. Ahonen ◽  
Sherry L. Baron ◽  
Lisa M. Brosseau ◽  
Alejandra Vives
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Workplace Health ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Nonstandard Employment ◽  
Employment Supports ◽  
Economic Forces ◽  
The Relationship

Standard employment arrangements—where the relationship between employers and employees is clear and employment is full-time, understood to be lasting, and with full protections—coexist with nonstandard employment (NSE) relationships. A variety of terms have been used to describe specific types of NSE including temporary, contingent, contract, freelance, on-call, gig, and app-based employment. These forms of employment, in combination with larger social and economic forces, structural power dynamics, and advances in technology, can work together to limit the ways in which employment supports health, and undermine workplace health protections. Nonstandard employment brings with it particular concerns for health and safety related to work, and in a broader public health sense. Health can be protected in NSE through intervention at national, state and province, and local levels to proactively shape the quality of employment arrangements.

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