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Article

22 Nov 2005

Author:
Hindu Business Line [India]

ILO moots work place norms for IT, BPO [business process outsourcing] sectors

...a senior International Labour Organisation official said on Monday that the organisation is mulling a set of directives for call centres and IT service companies besides other industries, to improve the "hazardous" indoor environment conditions that prevail in many "fancy" buildings... She blamed the architectural design of IT and IT-enabled facilities in South-East Asia and India, saying that they did not provide for the adequate exit of pollutants. [refers to steps taken by Epicenter Technologies, WNS]