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Cambodian garment industry introduces
Human Resources Club
‘GMAC Human Resources Club’
has recently been launched
by Garment Manufacturers’
Association of Cambodia (GMAC).
The objective behind launching
this club is to build a knowledge
bank, share information,
experience and expertise in
order to improve the overall
functioning of the garment
industry. “Administration and
human resources management are
relevant to people management,
policy, rules and regulations of the
country,” averred Kaing Monika,
Deputy Secretary General, GMAC.
Kaing further added that the
objective is to bring industrial
insiders at management level
from the administration and
human resources department of
all sectors together and provide
them a platform to share their
knowledge and experience. “Even
if we innovate and use high-tech
machinery, things will not work
smoothly if our management
has not been well organized.
Simultaneously, we will learn
something new to improve our
management skills and facilitate
workflow in the industry. We want
to make the human resources club
a repository of knowledge,” said
the Deputy Secretary General.
Ly Samnag, Human Resources
Manager, Meng Ieng Garment
Factory, Phnom Penh, welcomed
the initiative. “We are very much
developed in the IT sector, so
we are now working on human
resources. We have to know
more about it. If we are lagging
behind, it will be very hard for
us. Earlier no one helped us to
solve any individual issue but now
we have a club which comprises
hundreds of members of GMAC,”
mentioned Samnag.
512 garment export-oriented
factories, 59 footwear factories
and 48 sub-contracting factories
have reportedly come together for
this initiative.
Accord gets 3-year extension in Bangladesh
Close on heels of Bangladesh
Garment Manufacturers and
Exporters’ Association (BGMEA)
expressing its openness to EU
retailers’ group, Accord on Fire
and Building Safety in Bangladesh,
continuing its operations in
Bangladesh as a monitoring
agency beyond 2018, the European
Union fashion brands, retailers
and global union federations on
Thursday reportedly announced a
new deal named Accord 2018, which
in effect will carry on the Accord
on Fire and Building Safety in
Bangladesh’s remediation activities
in the country’s readymade garment
industry after May next year when
the term for current Accord expires.
IndustriALL Global Union
and UNI Global Union, with
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Australia, Target Australia,
Primark, H&M, Inditex, C&A,
Otto, KiK, Aldi South, Aldi North,
Lidl, Tchibo, LC Waikiki and
Helly Hansen, while another
eight brands – such as Esprit,
Hüren, Bestseller, Wibra, Schmidt
Group, N Brown Group, PVH,
Specialty Fashion Group Australia
have reportedly also committed
to signing it.
representatives from C&A
and LC Waikiki, proclaimed
the new agreement in Paris
recently as per media reports.
The latest agreement extends
independent, expert building
safety inspections for three more
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years for all covered factories
besides presenting the possibility
to expand the Accord to sectors
other than the garment industry
in Bangladesh.
The new agreement has so far
reportedly been signed by Kmart
It may be mentioned here that
following the Rana Plaza building
collapse in April 2013, EU
retailers formed the Accord while
North American retailers formed
the Alliance to undertake a five-
year plan, which set time frames
and accountability for inspections
and training and workers
empowerment programmes.