CRITERIA

Safe & Hygienic Working Environment

Safe & Hygienic Working Environment - Law

• The Factories Act sets out detailed health and safety standards.
• Export Processing Zones are exempted from the Factories Act.
• Workplaces employing more than 20 persons should have a health and safety committee including worker representatives.
• Workers are not forced by law to remain in hazardous conditions.
• The law protects both legal and illegal foreign workers.

This means that: Production sites should comply with all applicable health and safety regulations. Hazards should be identified and removed where possible. When it is not possible to remove the hazard, risk to workers should be minimised as far a possible. Workers should be trained in all aspects of health and safety which affect them. Workers should have access at all times to an adequate number of clean washrooms and to clean drinking water. Adequate fire fighting equipment and fire escapes must be provided Health and Safety should be the responsibility of a senior manager.