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Standard1:

Wedonotemployanypersonbelowtheageof15*orbelowthelegalminimumage（wherethisishigher）inthecountriesinwhichweoperate.（*indevelopingcountrieslistedinILOConvention138,weacceptchildworkersof14orover）.

Reason

Childlabour,i.e.thecommercialexploitationofchildrenisabreachoftheirbasichumanrightsandcanseverelyinhibittheirphysicalandmentaldevelopment.Workingpreventsschoolattendanceandsoreduceseducationalattainment.Thisinturnsecuresasimilarfuturewithoutprospectsforsuccessivegenerations,fuellingapovertytrapwherebyearningpotentialisconsistentlyreducedanddependencyontheincomefromfuturechildrencontinues.Unscrupulousemployerscanexploittheimmaturemind,whichcanbelessabletoassessriskandvoiceconcernsoropinionswithintheworkingenvironment.Theareaisasensitiveone:

itiswidelyagreedthatWesterncompaniescannotsimplydictateminimumagelimitswithouttakingintoaccountlocalcustoms.Norshouldcompaniessimplyrefusetotradewithcompaniesinbreachoftheseprinciples,sincethatactioncandisadvantagetheverychildrentheysetouttohelp.

CodeofPractice

1.Weinsistthatoursuppliercompaniesdonotengageinorsupporttheuseofchildlabour.Wedefine‘childlabour’as:

∙anyfull-timeworkconductedbyachildlessthan15yearsofage,excepting….

∙anyfulltimeworkconductedbyachildlessthan14yearsofage（indevelopingcountryexceptionslistedunderILOConvention138）;

∙anychildren,ofwhateverage,workinginbreachoflocalminimumageforworkormandatoryschooling;

∙anychildrenunder18engagedinhazardousorhigh-riskwork.

2.Outsideofthesedefinitionswediscouragetheuseofchildrenworkingasoutworkers,pieceworkersorpart-timelightworkers.However,weunderstandthatinmanycasesthisisacceptedpracticeandwherethisissowecanacceptchildrenbeingemployedundertheageslistedin

（1）above.Weinsistthatthislabourshouldbesubjecttothefollowingconditions:

∙Thecompanymustbeabletodemonstratethatworkdoesnotinterferewiththeeducationthatwouldotherwisebeavailabletothechildren（see（4）below）;

∙Nochildmustbeemployedinanycapacitywhoismorethantwoyearsyoungerthantheagelimitsdescribedin

（1）above.

3.Weinsistcompaniestohaveconsideredtheirresponseintheeventthattheydohavechildrenintheirworkforce.Specificallyweaskthatthecompanyshallestablishdocumentedpoliciesandproceduresforremediationofchildrenfoundtobeworkinginsituationswhichfitthedefinitionsofchildlabourabove.Thesepoliciesandproceduresshouldbeuptodate,andeffectivelycommunicatedwithinthecompanyandtootherinterestedparties.Thecompanyshouldalsoprovideadequatesupporttoenablesuchchildrentoattendandremaininschooluntilnolongerachildasdefinedabove.

4.Webelievethateverychildhasarighttoeducation.Wethereforeaskthatthecompanyshallestablishdocumentedpoliciesandproceduresforthepromotionofeducationforchildren.BythiswemeanchildrencoveredunderILORecommendation146andyoungworkerswhoaresubjecttolocalcompulsoryeducationlawsorareattendingschool.Thesepoliciesandproceduresshouldbeuptodateandeffectivelycommunicatedwithinthecompanyandtootherinterestedparties.Weexpectthesepoliciestostateexplicitlythatnochildoryoungworkeristobeemployedduringschoolhoursandthatthecombinedhoursofdailytransportation（toandfromworkandschool）,school,andworktimedoesnotexceed10hoursaday.

5.Weinsistthatthecompanyshallnotexposechildrenoryoungworkers（definedasanypersonundertheageof18）tosituationsinoroutsideoftheworkplacethatarehazardous,unsafe,orunhealthy.

Standard2:

Wedonotuseforcedlabourinanyform（prison,indentured,bondedorotherwise）andstaffarenotrequiredtolodgepapersordepositsonstartingwork.

Affectingmillions,therangeofforcedlabourpracticesvariesgreatlybuttheyallhavetwothingsincommon–

（1）Theycontraveneinternationallabourtreatiesandpractices,and

（2）Theytrappeopleagainsttheirwillinworkingenvironmentswhichshowlittleornoconcernfortheirmentalandphysicalwelfare.Issuesofchildlabourandforcedlabouroftenco-existandisthereforeunacceptableonthesamegroundsquotedin1.Theretentionofidentitydocumentsorpayisacommontacticofthoseresponsibleforforcedlabourconditions.

1.Weinsistthatoursuppliersdonotengageinorsupporttheuseofforcedlabour.

2.Weincludeinthisdefinitionthefollowingpractices:

∙Requiringpersonneltolodgeanythingofvalueuponstartingwork,whichmaybesubsequentlyforfeited.Thismightincludeidentitypapersorothere