Companies that have offered paid parental leave for employees have reported improved employee retention, reduced absenteeism and on-training costs, and boosted productivity and morale.
An official inquiry in Bangladesh says sabotage caused a fire which killed more than 100 workers at a garment factory last month.Anbarasan Ethirajan reports from Dahka.
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The higher wages and the knowledge that dismissal might lead to long-term unemployment increases the cost of losing a job and will make workers less likely to shirk.