Comparative Study on Compliances of BSCI and SMETA Certified RMG Industry

Abstract

The garment industry has been a true pioneer in the development of Bangladesh's industrial sector. One of our garment industry's major concerns is compliance. Most reputable global garment buyers place a high priority on RMG factory compliance. Actually, compliance ensures that all labor rights and facilities are provided in accordance with the buyer's code of conduct. Despite the fact that Bangladesh has been aware of RMG since the late 1970s, it is only recently that it has become aware of compliance issues. In this paper, we did our best to determine whether or not the factories in Bangladesh follow the buyer’s code of conduct. We attempted to gather information about compliance of two different factories. This paper compares among the barriers of different Audit Report of different factories. We discussed compliance employers, HR employers, and employees. We also investigated the company's policies and legal issues. We discussed from compliance about how we imposed it in the garment industry and recommends enhancing factory operations through compliances. We compared between the various policies including Child labor, Force labor, Over time, Leave, Working hour, Wages and bonus, Discrimination, Health, Safety and security, Environment and Workplace condition. From these policies we went on a conclusion on which factory compliance is better in overall section. From our analysis we found Factory “B” which is SMETA certified as a better compliance regulatory than Factory “A” which is BSCI certified.