The government has introduced a Compliance Excellence Award to encourage owners of the establishments and factories to maintain decent work environment.This decision was taken at a meeting of the National Industry, Health and Safety Council, held at the labour and employment ministry on Sunday with state minister for labour and employment Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu in the chair, said a press release.Mujibul Haque said Bangladesh has made significant progress in maintaining decent work environment in factories and seven out of 10 global green factories are in Bangladesh.The Compliance Excellence Award has been introduced to encourage owners to maintain decent work environment in their factories, he said.He also added that the award will be distributed among the factories and owners on 28 April, 2018 marking the “National Professional Health and Safety Day”.
