Report on Production Process, HR &

Compliance.

Submitted To:
Chowdhury A.K.M. Shamsuddin
Honorable Vice-Chairman
Azim Group (Woven Division)
49(NP), Kalurghat I/A,
Chittagong.

Submitted By:
Shariful Islam
Trainee Executive
HR & Compliance

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Date of submission: 20 May 2018

 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

20 May 2018
Chowdhury A.K.M. Shamsuddin
Vice-Chairman
Azim Group (Woven Division)
49(NP), Kalurghat I/A,
Chittagong.

Subject: Submission of the Training report on “Production Process, HR &

Compliance.”

Dear Sir,
I would like to submit the Training report, which was done on the Azim Group
(Woven Division). The Training program has given me the opportunity to combine
my theoretical knowledge with practical experiences.
The report contains a descriptive study on “Production Process, HR &
Compliance.” Your valuable advice, suggestion and guidance have helped me to
prepare the report with ease. I hope you will appreciate my effort. I have done the
study in a complete form and I have tried my level best to conduct this in a
professional manner. It is true that, it could have been done in a better way if there
were no limitations. I hope you will assess my report considering the limitations of
the study. I will be very glad, if you kindly accept this report.

Yours Sincerely

Shariful Islam
Trainee Executive
HR & Compliance

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

A successful Training report reflects the affiliated organizations activities as it

provides a virtual ground where the implication of theoretical knowledge experience
with the practical teaching. It would not get its complement without active assistance
of few people from Azim Group (Woven Division). I become more benefited and
decorated for being oriented with a group of qualified and benevolent people. Their
assistance and guidance can never be paid back.
I would like to take the opportunity to express my gratitude to Mr. Chowdhury
A.K.M. Shamsuddin, Honorable Vice-Chairman, Azim Group (Woven Division)
whose direction, guidance and support to helped me a successful Training.
I specially acknowledge Mr. Anup Baran Das, Respectable Executive Director,
Azim Group (Woven Division) who also helped me in preparing this report.
Finally, I concede the aesthetic contribution of Mr. Shahidul Kabir Chowdhury,
Assistant General Manager, HR & Compliance and Mr. Rafiqul Haider, Assistant
General Manager, HR & Admin of Azim Group (Woven Division), for providing
required information, highlighting the existing HR & Compliance system of the
organization. Their erudite guideline contributed a lot for writing this report.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

SL No. Contents Page

1 Cover Page 1
2 Letter of Transmittal 2
3 Acknowledgement 3
4 Table of Contents 4
Chapter-1 Introduction 5-6
Chapter-2 Garment at a Glance 7-8
Chapter-3 Production Process 9-11
Chapter-4 HR & Compliance 12-14
Chapter-5 Performance Evaluation: 15-27
5.1,5.2,5.3 Environment, Custom Compliance & Security 15
5.4, 5.5 Child & Forced Labor 16
5.6 Health & Safety 17
5.7-5.9 Action of Discover 18
5.10 Industrial Accident 18
5.11-5.15 Fire 19
5.16 Freedom of Association 19
5.17 Discrimination 20
5.18 Reporting on Discriminatory Behavior 20
5.19-5.21 Laws & Workplace Regulation 20-22
5.22 Harassment & Abuse 23
5.24 Environment 24
5.24 Custom Compliance 25

5.25-5.26 Others 26-27

Conclusion 28

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 Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Origin of the report
As a Trainee Executive, I also completed a 6 months Training program at Azim
Group (Woven Division). I am working as a Trainee Executive from 16th
November, 2017. And that period, I collected information regarding preparing a
report on “Production, HR & Compliance of Azim Group (Woven Division).”

1.2 Objective
Primary Objective:
 My first objective is to work on the Marketing Mix (Product, price, place
and promotion) of Azim Group (Woven Division).
 To find out that, the perception of customer differ towards factory code of
conduct.
 To find out that, the perception of customer differ towards working
environment.
 To find out that, the perception of customer differ towards workers safety
issue.

Secondary Objective:
 Analyze compliance issues such as code of conduct, working environment
and workers safety to identify the perception of customer.
 Analyze some relationship between customer and compliance issues,
 Compliance practices in Azim Group (Woven Division).
 HR practice according to Bangladesh labor law.

1.3 Scope
As Trainee Executive, it is very much necessary for me to know about the formal
process of Production, HR & Compliance. I have worked in different factories and
head office which helped me to get myself familiarized with the official and
factory environment in a garments industry for the first time.

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1.4 Methodology
For my report I have collected information from both primary data and secondary
data.
Primary Data: I got the data or information directly from the officials. For getting
the major competitors information I used some personal source.

Secondary Data: I have collected the secondary data from Azim Group (Woven
Division) profile, export volume report, audit reports, documents, related books
and articles on garments industry, BGMEA etc. Besides, I tried to collect data
through browsing internet also.

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 Chapter Two: Garments at a Glance

Azim Group (Woven Division)

2.1 Garment
Garment means dress that is use to wear. Garments may be woven, sweater or
knitwear. In garments factory it is produced at a large scale. It was the end of
decade 1970. Bangladesh has just achieved its independence. The Economic
condition of the country was in very haphazard situation. At that time it was most
important to bring back the discipline of the economy. Engineer Mohammad
Fazlul Azim also realized this fact & decided to do something for the country. To
give his realization into a success Azim Group has started its journey in 1975.
After starting its journey Azim Group was examining different business
opportunities and thinking 100% export oriented garments business will be the
most flourishing sector for our future economy as it has the huge opportunity to
earn direct foreign currency which was mostly required at that time to build our
foreign currency reserve. In connection with this 21st November, 1980 late Mrs.
Nurunnesa Begum, Mother of Eng. Mohammad Fazlul Azim laid the foundation of
Azim Mannan Garments Ltd. in Chittagong, the largest port city of Bangladesh.
The company that started its journey in 1980 with a single garments factory with
limited workers has now passing its glorious 34 successful years with 23 garments
factories & 3 backward linkage factories. Azim Group has now 25,000 direct
workforces.
Factories under Woven Division, Chittagong:
1) Azim Mannan Garments Ltd. - I
2) Azim Mannan Garments Ltd. - II
3) Men’s Fashion Ltd. - I
4) Men’s Fashion Ltd. - II
5) Men’s Fashion Ltd. - III
6) Global Shirts Ltd. - I
7) Global Shirts Ltd. - II
8) Global Shirts Ltd.- III
09) Dress Shirts Ltd. - I
10) Dress Shirts Ltd. - II
11) Global Garments Ltd.

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2.2 Certificate/ License of Garments Factories
The minimum requirements needed to build a new Garments factory. Azim Group
provided all required certificate and license. These are given below:

Trade License
Bank Account
Company registration by Joint Stock Company
Project and working capital loan sanction from bank
TIN & VAT certificate
Project permission letter from board of investment govt. of Bangladesh
Factory floor installation
Fire license
General insurance
Factory layout plan
Environment certificate
BKMEA/ BGMEA membership certificate
Labor certificate
Chamber of Commerce certificate
Electricity, gas WASA, boiler connection in the factory building etc.

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 Chapter Three: Production
Store room: A store room is an area or room where a store or stock, of supplies or
goods used in a factory is maintained. Usually there are 6-8 workers in a floor store
room. They are may have in store room a supervisor, a needle issuer, 2 assistant
Supervisors and a supplier.

Cutting
Cutting department is an important department in RMG sector. Cutting department
is nothing without fabric cutting machine. There are so many cutting tools have
used to cut fabric. I have seen some cutting machine in those factories. They are
straight knife cutting machine, Band knife cutting machine, Round knife cutting
machine etc. They are also used a handcuff tools in cutting fabrics.

Procedure
 Marking labels
 Spreading
 Cutting
 Numbering
 Bundle.

Cutting sample
Cutting is a starting process of a factory. This process starts the working of factory.
At first the marking level is done on the table. The CAD design is provided from
Production Engineering Department (PED). The rolls of fabrics are kept on the
table according to marking level. Then it is cut by cutting machine. The cutter man
cuts the whole fabric according to CAD. Many layers are cut together. A specific
measurement is calculated of fabrics roll. A roll may be consisted with many
layers. Many layers make a specific thickness. Then it is cut. After cutting the
whole fabrics they are numbered to match according to size later. It is very
important the numbering and without any size matching no parts cannot be sewed.

Sewing
 Basic layout of sewing: One-line output (Washed Garments)
 Front part matching and tack
 Top Centre Stitch
 Top Centre lower part stitch
 Pocket marking
 Pocket ironing
 Pocket rolling
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 Pocket folding iron
 Pocket button hole
 Pocket Attach: Pocket Stitch and pocket 1/4 stitch
 Button hole and Button attach
 Pocket attach Check
 Label Attach in the yoke part
 Back part tacking
 Back yoke Attach
 Back- Front marching
 Shoulder 1/4 Stitch
 Sleeve matching
 Sleeve attaches
 Armhole stitch
 Quality Check
 Side label attach
 Side seam 1/4 stitch
 Quality control Check
 Collar marching with body
 Collar sewing
 Sleeve sewing with SLV pacing
 Sleeve 1/4 Rolling
 Bottom rolling
 Doll House attach
 Fit label attach
 Pre output check
 Output
 Ironing
 Fusing
 Matching
 Sewing
 Turning
 Forming
 Quality control
 Top stitch
 Bottom Cut
 Band Matching
 Final Stitch
 Neck Hole and Neck Button

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Finishing process:
 Outside body check
 Turning
 Inside Body check
 Thread sucker
 Again turning
 Ironing
 Final Q.C Check

Measurement (after wash): (According to style)

 Chest bottom
 Shoulder sleeve length
 Arm hole body length (1inch)

Get up Check:
 Get up check, button check, and care label check

Shade Maintenance:
 Sizing
 Hang tag, Price tag attach
 Hanger attach and hanger size attach
 Label check, thread check

Packing process:
 Needle detector: Find out needle if any.
 Sensor tag: to prevent stealing.
 Folding
 Sizing ratio
 Packing
 Carton side mark
 Bar code
 Ware house: Ready cloths are relaxed.
 P.O. wise matching
 Inspection by buyer

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 Chapter Four: HR & Compliance
4.1 HR &Compliance Officer
Ensuring the companies complies with its outside regulatory requirements and
internal policies. A compliance officer may review and set standards for outside
communications by requiring disclaimers in emails, or may examine facilities to
ensure that they are accessible and safe. Compliance officers may also design or
update internal policies to mitigate the risk of the company breaking laws and
regulations, as well as lead internal audits of procedures.

4.2 Duties and responsibilities of a compliance officer

 Checking mails and need to give the reply within the day based on priority.
 Visiting the floor at least twice a day.
 Ensuring workers fire safety, fire prevention, fire equipment.
 Ensuring workers health safety & comfortable environment at work place.
 To Aware the workers about personal protective equipment.
 Receiving grievance, complain, demand and suggestion from the workers.
 Try to find out emotional problem of an employee. The problem may be
work related or personal or family which affects his/her work performance.
 To provide supportive counseling the sick worker for medicinal support on
the worker’s requests, complain or situational demand.
 Try to make aware the existing workers about by company provided all
facilities and necessity of compliance.
 To perform during social-compliance audit.
 Making and following up aisle mark free, fire extinguisher no blocked
emergency exit free, fire equipment free and stair free from carton in the
floor.
 To check all production related register if any date mentioned of holiday or
not.
 Conducting orientation program for newly appointed worker.
 Motivating and making employees conversant with the company objective,
rules and regulations, buyer code of conduct & local laws.
 Briefing the employees about all facilities of company, mandatory safety
instruction including all “do’s & Don’ts”.
 Making aware the employees about leave procedure.
 Making aware the employees about maternity benefits.
 Making aware the employees about working hour & over time system
according to local laws.

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  Making aware the employees about personal health & hygiene, HIV/
AIDS/STD.
 Conducting awareness programs to the pregnant workers about safe
motherhood.
 Ensuring that no employee is maltreated mentally or physically abused.
 Worker should be treated with respect & dignity.
 Any other work assigned by the Management.

4.3 Daily activities of Compliance officer

 Checking mails and needs to give the reply within the day based on priority.
 Visiting the floor at least twice a day.
 Ensuring workers health safety & comfortable environment at work place.
 Receiving grievance, complain, demand and suggestion from the workers.
 Try to find out emotional problem of an employee. The problem may be
work related or personal or family which affects his/her work performance.
 Making and following up aisle mark free, fire extinguisher no blocked
emergency exit free, fire equipment free and stair free from carton in the
floor.
 Ensuring that no employee is maltreated mentally or physically abused.
 Worker should be treated with respect & dignity.

4.4 Weekly activities of Compliance officer

 Ensuring workers fire safety, fire prevention, fire equipment.
 To Aware the workers about personal protective equipment.
 To provide supportive counseling the sick worker for medicinal support on
the worker’s requests, complain or situational demand.
 Try to make aware the existing workers about by company provided all
facilities and necessity of compliance.
 To check all production related register if any date mentioned of holiday or
not.
 Briefing the employees about all facilities of company, mandatory safety
instruction including all “do’s & Don’ts”.
 Making aware the employees about leave procedure.
 Conducting awareness programs to the pregnant workers about safe
motherhood.

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4.5 Monthly activities of Compliance officer
 To perform during social compliance audit.
 Conducting orientation program for newly appointed worker.
 Motivating and making employees conversant with the company objective,
rules and regulations, buyer code of conduct & local laws.
 Making aware the employees about maternity benefits.
 Making aware the employees about working hour & over time system
according to local laws.

4.6 My activity
As a Trainee Executive for Six months in Azim Group (Woven Division), so I got
the opportunity to learn lots of things about Production and compliance. In this
time I have done different Production and compliance related task in the company.
Task I have performed in the facility are categorized below:

4.7 Compliance Officer

 Visiting the floor at least twice a day.
 Checking mails
 Making corrective action plan (CAP)
 Giving the reply of mail within the day based on priority.
 Ensuring the CAP requirement
 Making maternity bill
 Conducting internal audit
 Conducting the vendor’s audit.
 Providing training on fire safety issue and environmental issue
 Providing training on threat awareness program
 Making different register to maintain the record
 To perform during social compliance audit.
 Motivating and making employees conversant with the company objective,
rules and regulations, buyer code of conduct & local laws.
 Making aware the employees about maternity benefits.
 Making aware the employees about working hour & over time system
according to local laws.
 Making aware the employees about personal health & hygiene, HIV/
AIDS/STD.
 Briefing the employees about all facilities of company, mandatory safety
instruction including all “do’s & Don’ts”.

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 Chapter Five: Performance evaluation
Social responsibility and Working conditions are of fundamental importance to
successful business strategy of Azim Group (Woven Division). Workers are the
most important factor in the Azim Group and have to meet and keep their
commitment towards the workers by complying with all local laws and regulations
in all locations where business is conducted. They have to abide by the statutory
and regulatory requirements in order to contribute positively towards country and
workers through following coordinated efforts: -
 Condemn Child Labor.
 Condemn bonded labor / Forced Labor.
 Health and Safety also Cooperative working relationship among employees
and employer.
 Condemn Discrimination on any ground.
 Ensuring applicable requirements of Laws & Workplace regulations.
 Strongly maintained Working & OT hours within limit of country laws.
 Provide all the Compensations & benefits, allowances to their workers as
defined in local laws/rules.
 Strongly Prohibition of Harassment or Abuse.

5.1 Environment
Their factory and working environment is more Hygiene and safe because their
factory is housekeeping tidier; Toilets are very clean with tiles. Drinking water is
available. Sufficient cleaners and sweepers are provided for cleaning.
5.2 Custom compliance: They are maintaining as per complies with all
applicable custom laws and in particular established and complies with laws
regarding legal transshipments.

5.3 Security: They have strong security policy and Group such as Security guards
and CCTV system will be established within next 45 days for 24 hours only strong
surveillance at all access points to increase deterrence of criminal act. Visitors In-
Out every record maintained with register and VISITOR carry out the company
visitor card. They also provided with hand metal detector.

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5.4 Child Labor
According to Bangladesh Labor Law, Azim Group does not employ any child
labor in any of its departments and also does not support the use of child labor in
any of its supplier. HR department ensures that the following documents are
maintained in all the personal files of staff and workers whether directly employed
or indirectly.

 Copy of education Certificate

 Copy of Birth Certificate
 Copy of national ID card
 PP Size color Picture
 Govt. Policy
 Appointment Letter
 Copy of Doctor’s Medical Examination Certificate etc.
5.5 Forced Labor
According to Bangladesh Labor Law, Azim Group does not use involuntary or
forced labor. They prohibit all relevant individuals from forced employees in any
way or unnecessarily limiting employee’s freedom of movement. Company does
not require employee’s to submit originals of documents at the time of
employment or during the period of his employment with the company.
Issues compensation directly to worker as mentioned in their contract, company
makes sure that the correct payment is paid to the workers as agreed.

 At the time of hiring HR Officer, HR & Compliance Department Heads

ensures that the employee signs no bond as a token for continued
employment.
 During the time of employee’s interview, the potential candidate is briefed
about the fact that he/she is under no compulsion to join the company and
similarly he/she is free to disassociate with company as per his/her own free
will at any given time but under compliance with the rules as agreed in the
appointment letter.
 In case where any employee decides to leave the company, Compliance
Executive asks about the reason of leaving in order to make sure that he/she
is not leaving under unlawful compulsion or threat.
 HR & Compliance Executives and all departmental heads are responsible for
communicating, deploying and monitoring the Practice of effectively
prohibiting involuntary or forced labor.

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  Suggestion box is placed in the facility, if any employee wants to report any
incident he/she can use the suggestion box without mentioning his/her
identity, the matter will be investigated and resolved by the Company, after
discussing the complaint with General Manager and Country Manager (if
needed).

5.6 Health and Safety

According to Bangladesh Labor Law, Azim Group (Woven Division) utilizes all
available resources to provide a healthy and safe working environment for all its
workers and to eliminate all potential hazards that are capable of causing work
related accidents. They provide all necessary personal protective equipment’s and
implements controls to ensure the safety of the workers and their health.
Compliance ensures through maintenance staff that needle guards, eye guards,
pulley guard are properly installed in all the machines. First aid boxes are provided
to workers, in case of any injury also makes sure that fire extinguishers are all
available and all the employees are well trained to use these. Company keeps fire-
extinguishers location list in a file, which contains location identification number
of fire extinguisher, refilling date and expiry date. Regular fire drills and training
are conducted, involving every department or monthly basis.
Azim Group (Woven Division) has professional Medical Consultant or Doctor and
Medical Assistant (nurse) to provide First Aid assistance to workers and arrange
trainings on emergency first aids and conduct training for firefighting by expert.
Each employee is expected to obey safety rules and to exercise caution in all work
activities.
“Sudden happening demanding immediate action/ response” For Interact, some of
the emergency conditions may be due to the following:-
Fire/smoke
 Bomb Blast/threat of Bomb Blast.
 Accidental release/discharge of environmentally hazardous material.
 Industrial accident
 All natural calamities as Earthquake, Tornado, Incessant Rain etc.

 In case of emergency due to the above-mentioned conditions, the response

of the factory personnel should be as per the following way:

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5.7 Action of Discoverer
A person who first detects any of the above mentioned conditions of emergency or
any other “unusual” condition which can be assessed as the reason for emergency
condition, first inform the area supervisor, informs the security guard, inform the
emergency alarm responsible person to be ready for supervisor instruction.

5.8 Actions of the Admin/ Compliance Officer:

On information from the supervisor, HR, Admin & Compliance staff informs the
fire safety officer, inform Fire brigade, assess the situation for the scope of
emergency, and coordinate between the supervisors for everyone in the factory to
be gathered at the emergency assembly points.

5.9 Actions of the fire safety officer:

 On information from the HR & Compliance Manager / Compliance
Executives or as the alarm goes on, the fire safety officer shall respond as
per the emergency along with his team.
 The fire safety officer has a dedicated shelter (Assembly Point) known to
everyone in the factory.
 All the personnel are trained, instructed and provided with instructions that
on hearing the alarm, they should immediately leave their work, switch off
the machine (if working on a machine) and gather at the designated
emergency assembly point.
 All the departments are provided with respective evacuation plans.
Emergency exits and paths to them are elaborately marked on the evacuation
plans.

5.10 Industrial accident:

 In case of any accident, the discoverer informs the area supervisor
immediately.
 Supervisor access the situation.
 Casualty is protected from the dangerous area and shifted to a safe place.
 Supervisor informs the fire safety officer. If the accident is major one,
supervisor instruct and insure that the emergency alarm goes on.
 First Aid provided to the casualty.
 If required the team leader arranges for external medical treatment.

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5.11 Fire Protection Equipment:
 Portable and fixed fire protection equipment is provided for entire factory
areas.
 The fire safety officer is responsible for monthly inspection, maintenance
and required record-keeping of all portable fire extinguishers and fire
trolleys. Any used or damaged extinguisher or trolleys should be reported to
the fire safety officer.

5.12 Fire Extinguishers (Portable):

 Properly marked 3 or 5 kg “ABC powder / CO2” fire extinguishers are
provided in ample quantity for all the production areas.

5.13 Fire Buckets:

 Properly marked fire buckets are provided to all the main production areas
or floor staircase.

5.14 Emergency Light:

The Safety & Health rule requires emergency lighting within facilities at the
following areas:
 Emergency lighting is installed in areas where exits would be hazardous
during a power failure such as stairs and main departments.

5.15 Exit Signs:

 Exit Signs are provided in specific locations in building to designate the
means of exits from the building.
 Installed at all required exit doorways and where necessary to indicate
clearly the direction of exits.
 Illuminated and also in local language.

5.16 Freedom of association

According to Bangladesh Labor Law, Azim Group (Woven Division) recognize
and respects the right of employees to exercise their lawful rights of free
association and collective bargaining. They do not discriminate against employees
who form or participate in lawful association. Forms of discrimination include but
are not limited to:
Wage penalties
Suspension
Termination

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Workers Representation and Participation Committee (PC) has been formed in
Azim Group (Woven Division) members of committee were elected through
election took place, where nominated names were taken and workers voted in favor
of the nominee.

5.17 Discrimination
According to Bangladesh Labor Law, Azim Group (Woven Division) has an equal
opportunity employer and believes in equal opportunity for all based on merit and
ability to carry out the given responsibilities. They believe in equal pay for similar
jobs and provision of equal opportunity to all employees to enable them to grow
with the company. They do not discriminate against anyone when hiring,
promoting, paying and selecting people for training, at the time of termination of
employment or retirement on the basis of religion, race, national origin, disability,
gender, any association or political affiliation.
 In cases where the potential candidate is disabling but his/her disability
cannot affect the nature of job for which he/she is seeking employment, the
company does not discourage these employees and provide them equal
opportunity to seek employment on merit.
 Company ensures that in cases, where for the same type of job, male and
female employees both are employed, they are hired on equal salary
structure and company benefits and without any discrimination.

5.18 Reporting on Discriminatory Behavior:

 In cases where an employee feels that he/she is treated with discriminatory
behavior, he/she is encouraged to report such events to the authority.
 Employer investigates the event or the employee’s complaint.
 Where it is found that a severe incident of discrimination has taken place,
Company records his observations and forward to Country Manager or
General Manager, who decides due action.
 Based on the objective evidences available and from the feedback of other
worker as well as on the past discriminatory behavior, General Manager may
decide the following:
 Terminate the worker
 Demote him / her.
 Retain him / her with last warning.
 Results of investigation and actions decided will be filed in the personal file
of particular employee.

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  Suggestion box is placed in the facility, if any employee wants to report any
incident he/she can use the facility without mentioning his/her identity, the
matter will be investigated and resolved by the Company, after discussing
the complaint with Head of the Factory.
 A grievance is a complaint, dispute or employee’s expressed feeling of
dissatisfaction with aspects of the employees working conditions and
working relationships that are outside the employee’s control.

5.19 Laws & Workplace regulations

According to Bangladesh Labor Law, Environment and customs law, Azim Group
(Woven Division) continuously updates itself and complies with local and national
law and regulations including workers and buyers requirements related to all
workplace regulation and social laws including environmental regulations, customs
law and security. According to changes of law and regulation Azim Group (Woven
Division) updates their policy and procedure manual. To maintain all this
regulatory issues Azim Group appoints an expert in labor law. Company always
takes support from him for understanding and implementation of any amendment
or any new requirements in the local law.

5.20 Working & Over Time hours

According to Bangladesh Labor Law, Azim Group (Woven Division) informs all
prospective employees, at the time of hiring, policies and procedures and legal
limitation on the maximum number of hours of work per day, week, and months
both regular and overtime and the maximum number of consecutive days they can
legally be required to work. They provide one day off in every seven day period,
except as required to meet urgent business needs. They implement a regular work
day of 08 hours and define the regular overtime requirements as maximum two
hours per day. Azim Group defines “Urgent business need” that means an
employee when required to work on a Friday or holiday a “Day off” shall be given
as a substitute on any other day. An employee may be required to work on any
festival holiday but two days compensatory holidays with pay shall be allowed to
the employee within thirty days immediately after that holiday. Azim Group
(Woven Division) allows employees legally required or contractually agreed rest
breaks and identifies whether they are compensated.

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5.21 Besides all gazette holidays the company also grants to employees with
following type of Leaves:

Earn Leave: EL
Every worker will be entitled to Earned Leave after completion of one year
service, which is calculated as 1 day off each 18 days working basis.
Casual Leave: CL
Every worker will be entitled to 10 days Casual Leave per calendar year.
Festival Leave: FL
Every worker will be entitled minimum to 14 days Festival Leave per calendar
year.
Sick Leave: SL
Every worker will be entitled to fourteen 14 SL on half-average wages per calendar
year.
Maternity Leave: ML
Any female worker with a minimum of six months of uninterrupted service in the
organization shall be entitled to maternity leave.
Overtime working:
On any working day, whenever a Department Head feels the need to go for
overtime production in order to meet the production/shipment targets, he/she fills
the overtime sheet by identifying the persons for overtime, duration of overtime
and activity to be done during overtime and send to Assistant General Manager,
HR & Admin or, Compliance.
Admin, HR & Compliance Executives & Assistant Manager verifies the allowable
hour’s limits for each worker identified on the Job Cards.
 In case if Admin & HR Executives or Manager does not allow any worker to
cross the limits of 12 hours in a week.
 Administrative approval is taken from AGM or Manager HR & Compliance.

Compensation of overtime working:

HR & Admin Executives & Manager makes sure that overtime charges are paid at
double the agreed rate with the monthly basic salary of the employee.

Willingly Overtime by workers:

The HR - Admin & Compliance Executives & Assistant Manager strictly monitors
the willingness of all those employees who usually do the overtime activity and
without the will/wish of any employee does not engage him to be at overtime for
any reason.

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Working Due to Urgent Business Needs
Azim Group (Woven Division) can go for production on holidays in case of
following business circumstances:-
 Any external unplanned failure, which can stop the production operations.
 Admin, HR & Compliance Executives makes sure that in cases where the
company operated on Holiday/Fridays, overtime charges are paid at double
the agreed rate and workers will be given one day off within three days on
either side.
 The HR, Admin, welfare staffs / Compliance staffs are responsible for
communicating; deploying and monitoring the Azim Group Garments Ltd.
defined “urgent business needs” requirements.

5.22 Harassment or Abuse

According to Bangladesh Labor Law, Azim Group (Woven Division) does not
engage in or support the use of Corporal punishment, mental or physical coercion
and verbal abuse. They promotes work environment in which no form of
harassment is used by its supervisory staff towards the workers particularly female.
They discourage use of any form of verbalism or gestures regarding sexual
harassment towards its female staff and workers. Azim Group abides by and
follows legal disciplinary laws and procedures when the need for disciplining any
worker arises.
Following events can form the basis of initiating disciplinary actions against all
employees.
 Breaking the company rules.
 Use of Abusive language and vulgar actions.
 Physical punishment and mental coercion.
 Sabotage to company property and product.
 Creating an environment of unlawfulness or unrest among the employees.
 Failure to follow company’s rules and regulations on regular basis.
 Disclosure of company’s proprietary information.
 Misbehaving with superiors and fellow workforce.
 Harassing fellow workforce particularly females.
 In case if an employee is found to be involved in any event as identified
above, respective section supervisor will do the counseling with the worker
and try to identify the reasons which causes any disciplinary action by the
worker and verbally instruct the worker to mend his/her ways.

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  On the other hand if any in-charge or supervisor is found to be involved
harassing or abusing the workers, the HR, Administration & Compliance
Executives will do the counseling and try to identify the reasons, which may
cause any disciplinary action.
 Suggestion box is also placed in the facility, if any employee wants to report
any incident of harassment or abuse he/she can use the suggestion box to
lodge his/her complaint without mentioning his/her identify, the matter will
be investigated and resolved by the Company, after discussing the complaint
with Managing Director (if required).
5.23 Environment
According to Bangladesh Labor Law and Bangladesh Environmental Act, Azim
Group (Woven Division) complies with environmental rules, regulations and
standards applicable to its processes and practices environmentally conscious
practices in its work environment.
Since the nature of production is mainly stitching with cut pieces of fabric as the
main waste, the following industrial waste has been identified:-
 Solid waste.
 Water wastes.

Initial Environmental Impact Assessment:

 HR, Admin & Compliance Officer seeks the updates from different buyer’s
related to environmental requirement for whom, Azim Group (Woven
Division) is working.
 Compliance Executives ensures the half yearly testing of drinking water
compares the results against the requirement.
 Where required, Compliance Executives identifies the mitigation measures
including use of PPE.

Mitigation Measures:
Based on the status of environmental performance mitigation measures are
identified which can be:
 Disposals of fabric waste and paper by Azim Group (Woven Division) ling
to local vendors who use it as a material for re-cycling;
 The water waste generated from utilities i.e. washrooms, water cooler,
abolition area and is discharge into sewerage system.

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5.24 Custom compliance
According to Bangladesh Labor Law, Azim Group (Woven Division) follows the
below mentioned export process:
- Receipt of orders.
- L/C is received from buyer to open for import of raw materials.
- Preparation of custom documents for import of raw materials.
- Clearing the raw materials from customs.
- Preparation of exports documents.
- Negotiation.
- Receipts of export proceeds.
 Marketing dept. forwards purchase orders/ Projection to Commercial dept.
for further processing.
 Production coordinator does planning and evaluates the allocation of orders
as per production plan and co-ordinates with the related personal to starts
production according to purchase contract.
 After completion of production the buyer’s QC or nominated agent conducts
inspection.
 Booking for export of the goods are given to shipping line by Commercial
Department.
 After final inspection, EXPORT form issued by concern bank and custom
documents are prepared i.e. invoice, packing list and a set is forwarded to
clearing and forwarding agent.
 Clearing and forwarding agent prepares shipping bill and completes custom
formalities and hand over the goods to shipping line or their agent with
customs documents. The shipping line/agent release container for loading
and left port for destination.
 After sailing of vessel, shipping line issued B/L (Shipping Documents) and
submits to negotiating bank along with Invoice, Packing list and others
documents as per terms of contact L/C.
 Receipts of exports proceeds.

Finally, follow up with bank for receipt of funds and on realization of proceeds file
is closed.

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5.25 Security
According to Bangladesh Labor Law, the security system developed and
implemented at Azim Group (Woven Division) consists of:-
 PMAC (Personal Movement and Access Control) by CCTV and Security
guards.
 The gatekeeper to the security room intercepts anyone who enters into the
factory premises.
 Security staff first inquiries from the visitor, his name, category of visitor i.e.
supplier, general visitor etc. and whom he wants to see.
 Security staff provides the visitor card to visitor for his distinct
identification.
 Host, security personal and the area supervisors ensures that the visitors
should only visit the area for which they have been authorized to visit and
are escorted by some company representative.
 When the visitor leaves the factory premises return visitor card to the
security staff.
 Area supervisors of respective sections and security personal ensure that
employees” movement should remain confined in their respective areas and
they should visit other sections only as a part of assigned job/ task.

Dedicated and locked finished Goods area:

 A separate finished goods area is maintained for the storage of packed
cartons.
 The goods are moved into or from the area in the presence of security
personnel.
 Inspection of Container before and after loading:
 Store In-charge/store Officer/Security Personnel inspects the container when
it is docked for loading. The container is inspected for cleanliness, any
unwanted item present in the container.
 After the loading, Store In-charge/store Officer/security Personnel again
inspects the container to identify any open carton, any unwanted item
present in the container, physical condition of cargo after loading.
 Inspection record of container for are and post loading is maintained.
Monitoring during loading:

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5.26 Store Officer/security personnel monitor the loading of
shipment by ensuring the following:
-Only authorized loaders stack the cargo
-Loaders are not changed without his information.
-Loaders do not stay inside the container for longer duration.
-Any open carton is not loaded in the container.

Employees background check/verification:

 At the time of hiring of security and loading workers/Staff background
check of the potential employee is performed by Admin/HR Executives and
recorded in employee background verification form and kept in personal file
of the employee
 To the extent possible, people whose background can’t be verified e.g. new
immigrants in the country or city; they are not employed for the jobs related
to security.

5.27 Impact of Compliance

After the incident of Rana plaza and Tazrin Fahion buyers are emphasizing on
establishing Compliance issue properly. Due to this Azim Group (Woven Division)
took initiative to establish all the issues in their factory properly. After ensuring all
these issues we found that there are strong impact of ensuring compliance on
Order, Export, C-TPAT this are given below with graphical exploration.

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 Conclusion

The RMG sector is expected to grow despite the global financial crisis of 2009 and
political instability of 2014. As China and India are finding it challenging to make
textile and foot wear items at cheap price, due to rising labor costs, many foreign
investors, are coming to Bangladesh to take advantage of the low labor cost which
is really a good sign for this industry as well as for Azim Group (Woven Division).
Management of compliance is a big job and is a complex one. Social responsibility
and Working conditions are of fundamental importance in Garments. Workers are
the most important factor in Garments business and Azim Group have to meet and
keep their commitment towards their workers by complying with all local laws and
regulations in all locations where business is conducted. Azim Group (Woven
Division) is fulfilling these issues very efficiently. Now they have to follow up
these issues to sustain in the long run because in near future compliance will
become a great threat for this industry in Bangladesh. So if it can maintain its
quality and standard it can have a huge business potential.

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