Auszug aus dem Standard:

L'employeur doit se conformer aux lois, réglementations et procédures nationales en matière d'interdiction du travail des enfants. L'employeur ne doit pas employer de personnes âgées de moins de 15 ans ou n'ayant pas atteint l'âge de fin de scolarité obligatoire, le plus avancé prévalant.

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CL.2 Child Labor CL.4 Employment of Young Workers

Auszug aus dem Standard:

No person shall be employed at an age younger than 15 (or 14 where the law of the country of manufacture allows*) or younger than the age for completing compulsory education in the country of manufacture where such age is higher than 15.

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CL.5 Hazardous Work for Young Workers

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Auszug aus dem Standard:

ER.4.1 Employers shall collect and maintain all documentation necessary to confirm and verify date of birth of all workers, such as birth certificates.ER.4.1.1 Employers shall take reasonable measures to ensure such documentation is complete and accurate.

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ER.4 Recruitment and Hiring/Proof of Age Documentation

Auszug aus dem Standard:

L'employeur doit respecter toutes les lois applicables aux jeunes travailleurs (par exemple, les travailleurs âgés de moins de 18 ans mais ayant atteint l'âge minimum requis pour travailler), y compris les réglementations relatives à l'embauche, les conditions de travail, les types de tâches, les heures de travail, les documents attestant de l'âge et les heures supplémentaires. Aucune personne âgée de moins de 18 ans ne doit entreprendre de tâches dangereuses, c'est-à-dire des tâches dont la nature ou les circonstances d'exécution sont susceptibles de mettre en péril la santé, la sécurité ou la moralité des personnes âgées de moins de 18 ans. L'employeur doit disposer d'un système d'identification des postes de travail et des opérations inappropriés aux jeunes travailleurs, conformément aux lois en vigueur. Les apprentis ou stagiaires ne doivent pas être âgés de moins de 15 ans ou doivent avoir atteint l'âge de fin de scolarité obligatoire, le plus avancé prévalant.

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CL.4 Employment of Young Workers

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Les termes de salaire, rémunération, etc. comprennent... les traitements supplémentaires... (au titre) d'allocation pour le coût de la vie.

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IX. COMPENSATION (C)

Auszug aus dem Standard:

L'employeur doit payer à ses ouvriers le salaire minimum établi par la loi ou la convention collective du secteur concerné, le plus élevé s'appliquant.

Referenzdokumente:

C.2 Minimum Wage

Auszug aus dem Standard:

C.7.2 Employees shall be compensated for overtime hours at such premium rate as is legally required in the producing country.C.7.2.1 In those countries where there is no legally established overtime premium, employees shall be compensated for overtime hours at the prevailing industry premium rate or at the internationally recognized overtime rate, whichever is higher.C.7.3 Employers shall not set production targets, piecework, or any other incentive or production system at such a level that the payment for overtime work performed is less than the premium pay required by law or the FLA Workplace Code.

Referenzdokumente:

FLA Workplace Code of Conduct and Compliance Benchmarks. Revised October 5, 2011

Auszug aus dem Standard:

L'employeur doit octroyer aux travailleurs tous les congés payés officiels conformément aux lois, réglementations et procédures nationales. L'employeur doit octroyer aux travailleurs un congé payé annuel conformément aux lois, réglementations et procédures nationales. L'employeur ne doit pas imposer de restrictions injustifiées pour l'utilisation des congés payés annuels par les travailleurs. L'employeur doit verser par avance aux travailleurs prenant leurs congés annuels leur salaire normal ou moyen correspondant à l'intégralité de la période de congé annuel, sauf indication contraire en vertu des lois, réglementations et procédures nationales.

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HOW.11 Annual Leave HOW.16 Sick Leave

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Tous les salaires, y compris la rémunération des heures supplémentaires, doivent être payés dans les délais établis par la loi. En l'absence de lois applicables en la matière, la rémunération doit être payée au moins une fois par mois.

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C.2 Minimum Wage C.4 Timely Payment of Wages

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Workers, without distinction whatsoever, shall have the right to establish and to join organizations of their own choosing, subject only to the rules of the organization concerned, without previous authorization. The right to freedom of association begins at the time that workers seeks employment and continues through the course of employment, including eventual termination of employment, and is applicable as well to unemployed and retired workers

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FOA.2 Right to Freely Associate

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Employers shall recognize the rights of workers to free and voluntary collective bargaining with a view to the regulation of terms and conditions of employment by collective agreements. Employers and worker representatives shall bargain in good faith, i.e. engage in genuine and constructive negotiations and make every effort to reach an agreement.

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FOA.16 Right to Collective Bargaining/Good Faith

Auszug aus dem Standard:

When the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining is restricted under law, employers shall not obstruct legal alternative means of workers association.

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FOA.3 Legal Restriction/Alternative Means

Auszug aus dem Standard:

ER.25.3 There shall be a mechanism that allows workers to report harassment and grievances confidentially, including any concerns or problems they may be experiencing around legally-owed payments during a retrenchment process. ER.25.3.1 Employers shall have in place written procedures that allow adirect settlement of the grievance by the worker and the immediate supervisor. Where this is inappropriate or has failed, there should be additional options for senior management review and consideration, depending on the nature of the grievance and the structure and size of the enterprise.ER.25.3.2 Employers shall ensure that the grievance procedures and applicable rules are known to workers.

Referenzdokumente:

ER.25 Industrial Relations

Auszug aus dem Standard:

There shall not be any use of forced labor, whether in the form of prison labor, indentured labor, bonded labor or otherwise.

Referenzdokumente:

F.1 General Compliance Forced Labor F.2 Freedom in Employment F.3 Debt/Bonded Labor F.4 Freedom of Movement

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Employers shall not unreasonably restrain the freedom of movement of workers, including movement in canteens, during breaks, using toilets, accessing water, or accessing necessary medical attention, as a means to maintain labor discipline.

Referenzdokumente:

H/A.7 Discipline/Freedom of Movement

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Workers shall retain possession or control of their passports, identity papers, travel documents, and other personal legal documents. Employers may obtain copies of original documents for record-keeping purposes.

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F.7 Freedom of Movement/Workers Ability to Terminate

Auszug aus dem Standard:

No person shall be subject to any discrimination in employment, including hiring, compensation, advancement, discipline, termination or retirement, on the basis of gender, race, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, political opinion, social group or ethnic origin.

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II. NONDISCRIMINATION (ND)

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Aucune différence de rémunération ne doit être opérée entre les femmes et les hommes pour un travail de valeur équivalente.

Referenzdokumente:

ND.3 Compensation Discrimination

Auszug aus dem Standard:

L'employeur est tenu de respecter toutes les dispositions de protection incluses dans les lois et réglementations favorables aux travailleuses enceintes et aux jeunes mères, y compris les dispositions relatives au congé de maternité et autres avantages sociaux, ainsi que les interdictions de travail nocturne, de réaffectation temporaire hors des postes et environnements de travail susceptibles de présenter un risque pour la santé des femmes enceintes et de leurs enfants à naître ou des jeunes mères et de leurs nouveau-nés, les dispositions d'ajustement temporaire des heures de travail pendant et après la grossesse et de mise à disposition de pauses et d'installations d'allaitement.

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ND.8 Protection and Accommodation of Pregnant Workers and New Mothers

Auszug aus dem Standard:

No person will be subject to any discrimination in employment, including hiring, salary, benefits, advancement, discipline, termination or retirement, on the basis of gender, race, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, political opinion, or social or ethnic origin.

Referenzdokumente:

II. NONDISCRIMINATION (ND)

Auszug aus dem Standard:

'No person shall be subject to any discrimination in employment, including hiring, compensation, advancement, discipline, termination or retirement, on the basis of ... disability'

Referenzdokumente:

II. NONDISCRIMINATION (ND)

Auszug aus dem Standard:

L'employeur ne doit pas exiger de ses employés qu'ils travaillent plus longtemps que les heures normales et supplémentaires autorisées par la législation du pays dans lequel ils sont employés. Le nombre d'heures de travail hebdomadaires ne doit pas dépasser 48 heures. L'employeur doit octroyer aux travailleurs au moins 24 heures consécutives de repos pour chaque période ouvrée de sept jours. Toutes les heures supplémentaires doivent être établies de manière consensuelle. L'employeur ne doit pas solliciter d'heures supplémentaires de façon régulière et doit rémunérer toutes les heures supplémentaires travaillées à un taux majoré. Sauf en circonstances exceptionnelles, la somme des heures normales et supplémentaires hebdomadaires ne doit pas dépasser 60 heures.

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VIII. HOURS OF WORK (HOW)

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Employers shall not: use contract/contingent/temporary workers on a regular basis for the long-term or multiple short-terms; hire contract/contingent/temporary workers as a means to support normal business needs on a continuous basis or as regular employment practice; or make excessive use of fixed-term contracts or schemes where there is no real intent to impart skills or provide regular employment.

Referenzdokumente:

ER.6 Recruitment and Hiring/Employers Agreement with Employment Agencies

Auszug aus dem Standard:

There shall be no differences in compensation for workers for work of equal value on the basis of gender, race, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, political opinion, social group or ethnic origin.

Referenzdokumente:

ND.3.1

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Employers shall make every reasonable effort to ensure workers understand the wages, including the calculation of wages, incentives systems, benefits and bonuses they are entitled to in a factory and under applicable laws. To this end, employers shall communicate orally and in writing to all workers all relevant information in the local language or language(s) spoken by the workers, if different from the local language.

Referenzdokumente:

C.1 General Compliance Compensation

Auszug aus dem Standard:

ER.1.1 Employers shall have in place written policies and practices and maintain proper and accurate records governing all aspects of employment from recruitment, hiring and probation, including written terms and conditions of employment, job descriptions, administration of compensation, and working hours for all positions, through to retrenchment and termination processes.ER.1.2 Employers shall assign responsibility for the administration of human resources to a clearly defined and adequately qualified staff member or staff members and ensure workers at all levels receive communication and training about existing policies and procedures or any revisions.ER.1.3 Employers should implement a regular review process of policies, procedures and their implementation in a consultative manner and amend when warranted.

Referenzdokumente:

ER.1 General/Human Resource Management Systems

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Employers shall provide a safe and healthy workplace setting to prevent accidents and injury to health arising out of, linked with, or occurring in the course of work or as a result of the operation of employers’ facilities. Employers shall adopt responsible measures to mitigate negative impacts that the workplace has on the environment.'

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FOA.5 Anti-Union Discrimination/Dismissal, Other Loss of Rights, and Blacklisting

Auszug aus dem Standard:

All necessary ventilation, plumbing, electrical, noise and lighting services shall be installed and maintained to conform to applicable laws and to prevent or minimize hazardous conditions to workers in the facility.

Referenzdokumente:

HSE.13 Ventilation/Electrical/Facility Installation and Maintenance

Auszug aus dem Standard:

'A Company, Retailer or Supplier that desires to participate in the Association shall submit to the Association an application consisting of a Monitoring Plan that describes such Applicant’s internal compliance program, including the implementation of internal monitoring, independent external monitoring and assessments, and a system of remediation'

Referenzdokumente:

FLA Charter p.12-13

Auszug aus dem Standard:

The imposition of overtime where workers are unable to leave the work premises constitutes forced labor.

Referenzdokumente:

HSE.18 Medical Facilities

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Safe and clean drinking water shall be freely available at all times, within reasonable distance of the workplace. Drinking water shall be of a reasonable temperature and the means to drink water (cups, etc.) must be safe and sanitary and available in an appropriate number

Referenzdokumente:

HSE.23 Drinking Water

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Employers shall establish the number of toilets required under applicable laws within reasonable distance of the workplace.

Referenzdokumente:

HSE.19 Sanitation in Workplace Facilities

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Ventilation/Electrical/Facility Installation and Maintenance All necessary ventilation, plumbing, electrical, noise and lighting services shall be installed and maintained to conform to applicable laws and to prevent or minimize hazardous conditions to workers in the facility. SE.25.1 Dormitory facilities should meet all applicable laws and regulations related to health, safety, and environment, including fire safety, sanitation, risk protection and electrical, mechanical, and structural safety.

Referenzdokumente:

HSE.13 Ventilation/Electrical/Facility Installation and Maintenance HSE.25 Dormitory Facilities

Auszug aus dem Standard:

All applicable, legally required or recommended elements of safe evacuation(...) shall be complied with. Workers shall be trained in evacuation procedures. Alarm systems shall be regularly tested and evacuation drills shall be undertaken at least annually. The emergency evacuation plan (EEP) includes procedures for notifying local community authorities in case of accidental discharge or release of chemical/waste products or any other environmental emergency.

Referenzdokumente:

HSE.6 Safety Equipment and First Aid Training

Auszug aus dem Standard:

HSE.5.1 All applicable, legally required or recommended elements of safe evacuation (e.g. posting of evacuation plans, installation and maintenance of an alarm and emergency lighting systems, ensuring aisles/exits are not blocked and that workers are not blocked within their workstations, employee education, evacuation procedures) shall be complied with.evacuation plan (EEP) includes procedures for notifying local community authorities in case of accidental discharge or release of chemical/waste products or any other environmental emergency.

Referenzdokumente:

HSE.5.1

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Employers shall not use any form of or threat of physical violence, including slaps, pushes or any other forms of physical contact as a means to maintain labor discipline.

Referenzdokumente:

H/A.4 Discipline/Physical Abuse H/A.5 Discipline/Verbal Abuse H/A.6 Discipline/Psychological Abuse

Auszug aus dem Standard:

All production machinery, equipment and tools shall be regularly maintained and properly guarded. Workers shall receive training in the proper use and safe operation of machinery, equipment and tools they use. Employers shall ensure safety instructions are either displayed/posted near all machinery or are readily accessible to the workers.

Referenzdokumente:

ER.28 Skills Development/Training

Auszug aus dem Standard:

"8.1 Company Affiliate has formal, written policies and procedures for planning and purchasing that 1) articulate the many complexities involved in their global supply chains, including different supplier business models, and 2) require relevant internal representatives to work with suppliers to reduce negative impacts on working conditions. These policies and procedures shall address (a) alignment of financial terms with FLA Workplace Standards, (b) adequacy of lead time provided (considering, for example, availability of inputs, testing, design changes, and production capacity) to produce without excessive overtime, unauthorized subcontracting, or other negative impacts, and (c) balanced annual planning efforts to eliminate negative outcomes (i.e. lower efficiency, poor labor retention, and longer throughput) that arise from traditional seasonal order demand. a) Policies and procedures that address: • Element 1 and 2, • Financial terms, • Lead time, and • Balanced planning b) Freq

Referenzdokumente:

Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing, Section 8

Auszug aus dem Standard:

8.5 Company Affiliate provides positive incentives for suppliers and/or facilities producing in a socially responsible and sustainable manner and, if applicable, having internal systems aligned with FLA Principles.

Referenzdokumente:

8.5

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Referenzdokumente:

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Companies affiliated with the FLA are expected to comply with all relevant and applicable laws and regulations of the country in which workers are employed and to implement the Workplace Code in their applicable facilities. When differences or conflicts in standards arise, affiliated companies are expected to apply the highest standard.

Referenzdokumente:

Preamble

Auszug aus dem Standard:

Referenzdokumente:

Auszug aus dem Standard:

"""8.1 Company Affiliate has formal, written policies and procedures for planning and purchasing that 1) articulate the many complexities involved in their global supply chains, including different supplier business models, and 2) require relevant internal representatives to work with suppliers to reduce negative impacts on working conditions. These policies and procedures shall address (a) alignment of financial terms with FLA Workplace Standards, (b) adequacy of lead time provided (considering, for example, availability of inputs, testing, design changes, and production capacity) to produce without excessive overtime, unauthorized subcontracting, or other negative impacts, and (c) balanced annual planning efforts to eliminate negative outcomes (i.e. lower efficiency, poor labor retention, and longer throughput) that arise from traditional seasonal order demand. a) Policies and procedures that address: • Element 1 and 2, • Financial terms, • Lead time, and • Balanced planning b) Fr

Referenzdokumente:

Section 8 .1

Auszug aus dem Standard:

'A Company, Retailer or Supplier that desires to participate in the Association shall submit to the Association ... an agreement by the Applicant to undertake in good faith the A. To adopt, and cause its applicable licensees, contractors and suppliers to adopt, the Workplace Code in the manufacture of its products;B. To formally convey the Workplace Code (in the applicable local language) to its factories, and applicable licensees, contractors and suppliers, and communicate the Applicant’s commitment to comply with the Workplace Code to ... its applicable licensees, contractors and suppliers'

Referenzdokumente:

p.12-13

Auszug aus dem Standard:

"Standard hours of work remediation language includes the following: ""5. FLA-affiliated company’s Sourcing and Social Compliance teams should adhere to the FLA Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Sourcing and address the topics mentioned below to help the factory address the issue of excessive hours: a. How to provide better order forecasts to the factories; b. Possible workshops for the factory on how to improve productivity/quality; c. Clear guidelines on how to extend shipment deadlines in case of contingencies; d. Steps that factory management must follow if OT is inevitable (steps for how to communicate with the brand’s Sourcing and Social Compliance teams); e. Clear guidelines on calculation and the setting of reasonable production targets that will not demand work beyond regular working hours or during breaks; f. Clear guidelines on how and when the factory can use subcontractors and/or temporary workers to

Referenzdokumente:

Section 8

Auszug aus dem Standard:

ER.25.3 There shall be a mechanism that allows workers to report harassment and grievances confidentially, including any concerns or problems they may be experiencing around legally-owed payments during a retrenchment process.

Referenzdokumente:

ER.25.3