Interwoven : How the Better Work Program Improves Job and Life Quality in the Apparel Sector

The Better Work Program has its roots in the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program, established in 2001 as a follow-on from the 1999 U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Trade Agreement. The free trade agreement (FTA) was the first to link improved labor conditions with greater market access. The BFC pro...

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Main Author:	World Bank
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Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	jobs employment risks industrial relations household survey quantitative research overtime work fire prevention labour office worker safety socialization wage gap manufacturing wages people personal development private partnership productivity gain hazards labor law materials labor legislation psychology labor standard laws prevention weekly rest working labor force work stations public services job legal status human resource management health servants firm survival safety standards sweatshops male workers work experience qualifications knowledge cost effectiveness human resource workplace occupational health ventilation employment policies social exclusion smoking intervention worker safety measures export processing zone workload unemployed older workers health management fire safety observation violence food poisoning household surveys field work works labor work environment high wages working level interview falls sexual practices female labor childbirth average wages workers training courses fatigue aged social services working environment personnel wage data division of labor interpersonal skills work wage premium occupational safety occupations hygiene job satisfaction global workforce family planning stress productive firms firm performance labor relations measurement work hours earning nutrition labor mobility collective bargaining sick leave quality control quality of life internet management labor standards labour standard walking service sectors manufacturing industries first aid sexual harassment children work program working conditions working time bonuses hazardous work male worker female labor force work programs prime example working women consumer price index living conditions child labor working hours labor conditions unskilled workers strategy labour standards canteens job security primary education siblings registration families suppliers labour social issues food processing labor markets public service employment prospects implementation health services pregnancy wage premiums absenteeism training services overtime employee
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spelling	okr-10986-226992021-04-23T14:04:10Z Interwoven : How the Better Work Program Improves Job and Life Quality in the Apparel Sector World Bank jobs employment risks industrial relations household survey quantitative research overtime work fire prevention labour office worker safety socialization wage gap manufacturing wages people personal development private partnership productivity gain hazards labor law materials labor legislation psychology labor standard laws prevention weekly rest working labor force work stations public services job legal status human resource management health servants firm survival safety standards sweatshops male workers work experience qualifications knowledge cost effectiveness human resource workplace occupational health ventilation employment policies social exclusion smoking intervention worker safety measures export processing zone workload unemployed older workers health management fire safety observation violence food poisoning household surveys field work works labor work environment high wages working level interview falls sexual practices female labor childbirth average wages workers training courses fatigue aged social services working environment personnel wage data division of labor interpersonal skills work wage premium occupational safety occupations hygiene job satisfaction global workforce family planning stress productive firms firm performance labor relations measurement work hours earning nutrition labor mobility collective bargaining sick leave quality control quality of life internet management labor standards labour standard walking service sectors manufacturing industries first aid sexual harassment children work program working conditions working time bonuses hazardous work male worker female labor force work programs prime example working women consumer price index living conditions child labor working hours labor conditions unskilled workers strategy labour standards canteens job security primary education siblings registration families suppliers labour social issues food processing labor markets public service employment prospects implementation health services pregnancy wage premiums absenteeism training services overtime employee The Better Work Program has its roots in the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program, established in 2001 as a follow-on from the 1999 U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Trade Agreement. The free trade agreement (FTA) was the first to link improved labor conditions with greater market access. The BFC program benefitted all the key stakeholders by improving work conditions, supporting the growth of the apparel sector in Cambodia (benefitting all local stakeholders), and boosting developed world buyers’ reputation by sourcing from ethical workplaces. BFC has also helped to cushion the negative effects of external changes to the trading environment in the apparel sector (the end of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement quota system in 2005 and the global financial crisis in 2008–09). The program has grown substantially; as of December 2014, BW has reached over a million workers in more than 1,000 factories across eight countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Haiti, Indonesia, Jordan, Lesotho, Nicaragua, and Vietnam). 2015-09-28T18:28:45Z 2015-09-28T18:28:45Z 2015-09-28 Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22699 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study Bangladesh Cambodia Haiti Indonesia Jordan Lesotho Nicaragua Vietnam
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description	The Better Work Program has its roots in the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program, established in 2001 as a follow-on from the 1999 U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Trade Agreement. The free trade agreement (FTA) was the first to link improved labor conditions with greater market access. The BFC program benefitted all the key stakeholders by improving work conditions, supporting the growth of the apparel sector in Cambodia (benefitting all local stakeholders), and boosting developed world buyers’ reputation by sourcing from ethical workplaces. BFC has also helped to cushion the negative effects of external changes to the trading environment in the apparel sector (the end of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement quota system in 2005 and the global financial crisis in 2008–09). The program has grown substantially; as of December 2014, BW has reached over a million workers in more than 1,000 factories across eight countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Haiti, Indonesia, Jordan, Lesotho, Nicaragua, and Vietnam).
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title	Interwoven : How the Better Work Program Improves Job and Life Quality in the Apparel Sector
title_short	Interwoven : How the Better Work Program Improves Job and Life Quality in the Apparel Sector
title_full	Interwoven : How the Better Work Program Improves Job and Life Quality in the Apparel Sector
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Interwoven : How the Better Work Program Improves Job and Life Quality in the Apparel Sector

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