Improvement of vitamin of the readymade garment employees could be one of many key aggressive components for the sustainability of RMG industries of Bangladesh, mentioned audio system in a digital workshop titled ‘Coordinated Strategy and Collaborative Action Plan for Workforce Nutrition’ in Dhaka on Thursday.
The occasion was organized by Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network Bangladesh, a platform chaired by the ministry of industries and co-convened by Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and World Food Programme, mentioned a press launch.
Health providers division extra secretary Kazi Zebunnessa Begum attended the workshop because the chief visitor within the programme chaired by labour division director normal Goutom Kumar.
Labour and employment affairs ministry joint-secretary Md Humayun Kabir, Industries ministry joint secretary Al Amin Sarker, Institute of Public Health and Nutrition line director SM Mustafizur Rahman and GAIN Bangladesh nation director Rudaba Khondker, amongst others, spoke.
Dhaka University’s Institute of Health Economics affiliate professor Shaifun N Shimul offered one of many keynote papers on the occasion.
During the occasion, the findings from three research associated to mapping train for coordinated and collective actions on workforce vitamin, evaluation of market methods round RMG factories and the worth proposition for establishing honest worth store was disseminated.
One of the important thing findings is {that a} formal meal plan together with wages which offer means of shopping for nutritious and protected meals, storing home-made meals safely, and clear eating room can considerably enhance employees’ morale, scale back absenteeism, and improve productiveness, the press launch mentioned.
Most factories shouldn’t have regulatory bindings on provision for paid breastfeeding breaks, it mentioned, including that the wants of the breastfeeding moms and their new-born youngsters weren’t generally prioritized.
Another key discovering was that RMG employees lead a busy life-style, and due to this fact, they like meals objects that require a minimal effort and may shortly be processed and cooked.
As a end result, the discharge mentioned, meals objects like eggs, noodles, snacked potatoes are ceaselessly consumed by feminine RMG employees. The small retailers across the RMG factories promote plenty of counterfeit objects that may pose a major well being threat to RMG employees.
It was additionally discovered that establishing honest worth retailers can save 11-14 per cent of RMG employees’ month-to-month revenue, save 2 to three hours’ time day by day and supply entry to reasonably priced, protected and nutritious meals, the discharge added.
