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Session 13:

Treating workers

fairly

Session 13:

Treating workers

fairly

Language: English

Language: EnglishLanguage: EnglishLanguage: English

Version: 2011

Version: 2011Version: 2011Version: 2011

Corresponding principle:

Principle 5.

Fair treatment and good working conditions for

workers

Corresponding principle:

Principle 5.

Fair treatment and good working conditions for

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What makes your workers suffer…

Corresponding criterion:

5.2 (critical) Corresponding

criterion:

5.2 (critical)

Examples of discrimination:

 Not contracting someone because of his religion

 Paying a lower wage to female workers

 Not giving promotion to immigrant workers

 Dismissing a worker because he joined a labor

union

 No discrimination of

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What makes your workers suffer…

 Contracting a worker indirectly through a third

party to avoid the payment of social benefits

 Using a contracting agency so that you can

dismiss workers easily

 Direct contracting of

workers

5.3



Worker Contracting _agency Farm

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What makes your workers suffer…

criterion:

5.5 (critical)

 Salary lower than a legal minimum wage

 Delayed payment

 No paid vacation (12 days/year or what is legally

stipulated)

 No social benefits (medical insurance, retirement

fund, etc.)

 Salary deducted because of taking sick leave

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Record of payment

5.4

• _{Payment date}

• _{Name and ID of the}

worker

• _{Position and job}

description

• _{Salary rate}

• _{Working days/hours}

(including overtime)

• _{Gross pay}

• _{Deduction for social}

benefits

• _{Net pay}

• _{Payment date}

• _{Name and ID of the} worker

• _{Position and job} description

• _{Salary rate}

• _{Working days/hours} (including overtime) • _{Gross pay}

• _{Deduction for social} benefits

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Corresponding criteria:

5.6, 5.7

What makes your workers suffer…

 Being forced to do

overtime

 Working everyday

without any day of rest

 Working throughout the

day without break

 Working more than 12

hours per day

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5.6, 5.7

Reasonable working hour

 _{Requirements by the law in the country}

 _{Overtime is voluntary}

 _{Higher rate of salary for overtime}

 _{1 day of rest after 6 days of work}

 _{Maximum 48 hours of work per week}

 _{Maximum 12 hours of overtime per week}

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5.10(critical), 5.11, 5.12, 5.13

What makes your workers suffer…

 Being forced to stay on the farm to work

 Being threatened, mistreated or abused by

supervisors

 Being threatened not to organize or to join a

worker’s group or a labor union

 Suddenly losing a job because the farm has

decided to mechanize or because the farm management has changed

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5.10(critical), 5.11, 5.12, 5.13

Respectful working environment

 _{No forced work}

 _{Treatment with respect, without mistreatment or}

abuse

 _{Freedom to organize}

 _{Consultation with workers before significant}

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What makes your workers suffer…

 Not having safe water to drink during work

 Provision of potable water

5.15

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Minors (15-17 years) working on the farm

• _{Written contract with authorization of a parent} • _{No handling of agrochemicals}

• _{No more than 42 hours/ week}

• _{Should be able to go to school if they wish}

criterion:

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Auditor interviewing people on farms…

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Minors (-14 years) helping on the farm

• _{Should go to school during the}

day

• _{Supervision of adults}

• _{No handling of agrochemicals,}

machinery or sharp equipment

• _{No carrying of heavy loads}

• _{No working on steep slopes or at}

high places

5.9, 5.19

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Minors on the farm

5.9, 5.19

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Minors on the farm

5.8 Corresponding criterion:(critical), 5.9,

5.19

5.8 (critical), 5.9, 5.19

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Summary

No discrimination of workers

Fair treatment of minors

Paying workers fairly

and timely Paying workers

fairly and timely Direct contracting

of workers

Direct contracting of workers

Respectful working environment Respectful working

environment

Reasonable working

hour and overtime Reasonable

working

hour and overtime

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Worker Farm

Provision of potable water

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