"Calls for a Consistent Approach to Worker Compensation," 25 September 2017

Apparel brands have an obligation to provide compensation as part of due diligence within their supply chains, an international alliance has said, after six people were killed in a textile mil fire in Bangladesh last week. 

Until an employment injury scheme covering all workers has been implemented at a national level in Bangladesh, brands sourcing from garment factories where workers were grievously injured should actively support a bridging solution coordinated by the International Labour Organization (ILO), using the Rana Plaza Arrangement methodology for calculating payments and delivering benefits, the Clean Clothes Campaign has said. In parallel, brands should use their leverage with the Bangladesh Government and their suppliers to ensure permanent and reliable access to remedy for aggrieved workers in their supply chain via the proposed national employment scheme...

[T]he labour rights group says the legal and institutional framework [for a] national scheme [on compensation systems for loss of income and a more structural and permanent solution in the form of a National Employment Injury Scheme] has yet to be finalised. As a result, the remedial system for worker injury in Bangladesh remains "piecemeal, unpredictable and even discriminatory" at times... [refers to Lindex]