The following table is designed to assist businesses to identify labour-related risks to workers within its
operations and supply chain.
Labour rights risk identification table
Wages
•
Does my business and our business partners (including suppliers)
pay workers a living wage? That is, an income that enables a decent
standard of living for the worker and their family.
Occupational health
& safety
•
Has our business and/or our business partners conducted an
occupational health and safety assessment?
•
Do workers have access to necessary and appropriate personal
protective equipment?
•
Do workers have the necessary skills, training and tools to conduct
their work in a safe manner?
•
Do workers in our business and supply chains record their working
hours and overtime work and do they have access to this record?
•
Do workers in our business and supply chains have access to
appropriate meal breaks and rest?
•
Are workers compensated appropriately for overtime?
Freedom of
association and
collective bargaining
•
Can workers in our business and supply chains form and join
independent organisations without fear of retaliation or reprisals?
•
Are workers free to meet without management present?
Discrimination,
harassment and
bullying
•
Are workers in our business and/or supply chains exposed to
discrimination, harassment or bullying?
•
Are policies in place to prevent and address discrimination,
harassment and bullying throughout the employment relationship?
Forced labour
•
Are workers in our business and/or supply chains subjected to:
Working hours and
conditions
– Restrictions on freedom of movement?
– Withholding of wages or identity documents?
– Physical or sexual violence, threats and intimidation?
Child workers
•
Work in order to pay a fraudulent debt?
•
Does my business and our business partners verify the age of
workers?
•
If younger workers are being legally engaged, is the work being
undertaken safe, non-hazardous and age appropriate?
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