Better Work Nicaragua offers our full suite of services under our global Factory Service Model to registered factories. This includes a series of Learning and Assessment services, as detailed below.
Available in:
Español
Learning
The learning part of our process takes place through advisory factory visits, training and industry seminars.
Our advisory work begins with a specially-tailored programme of coaching from our experienced staff. Here we engage factory managers one-on-one in identifying compliance and other issues and establish the means of improvement, working with them every step of the way.
Industry Seminars are an integral part of the advisory process as they provide an important opportunity for factories to learn from their peers. Seminars are participatory, learner-centered workshops that aim to tackle collectively areas of needed improvement identified across factories.
Training
Our innovative training courses for factory representatives support and reinforce the advisory work through detailed instruction on how to tackle challenges and improve workplace relations. Examples of this include training on managing health and safety in the workplace, enabling worker and management representatives to diagnose and improve their own grievance mechanisms, and educating supervisors on how to manage workers and training on setting up proper human resources systems.
Upcoming training courses
- There are no events scheduled
For training information and registration, please contact Fabio Flores
Assessments
We provide a comprehensive assessment to determine each factory’s overall progress on meeting international core labour standards and national labour laws. Assessment findings are coupled with the factory’s own diagnosis of conditions inside the enterprise to provide a fair and well-rounded picture of success, demonstrated progress and areas for continued improvement.
The Better Work enterprise assessment consists of four on-site person days, and includes Management, union and worker interviews, document reviews and factory observations. The data collected indicates levels of compliance with labour standards in eight clusters: four based on ILO core labour standards regarding Child Labour, Forced Labour, Discrimination and Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining; and four based on national law regarding Working Conditions, Compensation, Contracts and Human Resources, Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), and Working Time.
Enrol your factory or supplier enterprise
If you are a Nicaragua-based enterprise working in the apparel industry and are interested in our assessment, advisory and training services, please:
Questions?
Reach out to Karem Lopez for advisory and to Fabio Flores for assessment services and training. Please copy Marialucia Peña in your emails.
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