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

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	World Bank
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
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22699

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

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