DHAKA: The government has finally given approval the draft of ‘national occupational health and safety policy act 2013’ with a view to ensuring compliances in factories.   

The approval came from the regular cabinet meeting held at secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair Monday.

After the cabinet meeting, Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan made the disclosure while talking to journalists.

He said, “The cabinet has approved the draft of the policy defining the moral and legal obligations of the owners, employers, labour organizations and labourers and responsibility of the government to improve working conditions in different sectors.”

Mosharraf also told the journalists that the policy was outlined after several meetings and discussions with International Labour Organisation (ILO), World Health Organisation (WHO), Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS) and other institutions.

BDST: 1940 HRS, OCT 21, 2013
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