REGULATORY ROUND UP – BANGLADESH GARMENT DATABASE FACES FURTHER DELAY
June 1st, 2016
Bangladesh’s garment makers have failed to complete a mandatory workers’ electronic database, breaching the June 15 deadline for compliance.
Knitwear factories, the worst performers in this task, will now start installing a biometric database for an estimated 2 million workers in around 2,000 factories from early next month.
“We’ll start working on the database from July 1,” Sulav Chowdhury, chief executive officer of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA), told Knitting International.
“Owners are now interested… ...
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