Rana Plaza victims not compensated adequately, HRW reports

Although many retailers paid into the Rana Plaza compensation fund, survivors of one the biggest workplace disaster have reportedly not received adequate compensation two years into the incident according to a HRW report.

As of March, only $21 million of the $30 million needed to compensate the survivors had been paid or pledged to the fund, with the British company Primark giving $14 million, states the Human Rights Watch report published on April 22.

The report also added that 15 of the retailers whose labels were found in the Rana Plaza rubble have yet to contribute to the Rana Plaza compensation fund.

Workers still report that they are paid late, denied overtime or sometimes not paid at all, and deprived of paid holidays and maternity leave, though these are guaranteed as per the country law stipulates, said the report, adding that less than 10 per cent of garment factories are unionised even after the Rana Plaza disaster.