6.3.6

Principle 6: Respect for rights of actors involved in BioTrade activities

Criteria Guidance Evidence & Scoring Importance & Applicability
Criteria 6.3: Criteria 6.3: Workers’ rights are respected


6.3.6

Workers are informed in writing, local language and understandable manner of the job conditions related to their work, including their job position, working hours, level of wages, payment of wages, legal rights and duties, sick leave, and permitted vacations. Workers agree with proposed conditions.



 The agreement is signed by the employer and worker and a copy is given to the worker. Some standard employment clauses that are applicable to all types of workers can also be found in the employment manual as long as workers have access to the employment manual. If the position may require overtime, the overtime pay rate should be indicated. The principle of equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value applies. When labour is subcontracted, there is a written contract and documented oversight mechanisms in place ensuring that the sub-contractors are:
  • licensed or certified by the competent national authority
  • are compliant with applicable legal requirements
  • are not engaged in fraudulent or coercive recruiting practices
  • are compliant with all worker related requirements of this standard
  • recruitment fees are not paid by workers This requirement applies to any kind of contracted workers, including subcontracted workers.

    • INTERVIEWS

    Conversations with the workers individually or in a group (without the presence of employer) in order to identify whether they are properly informed in writing, following the requirements of this indicator.


    DOCUMENTATION

    Documents that provide the written information to workers as defined in this indicator. For smallholders, check 6.3.7.

    Scoring guidance

    0 - Workers are not informed in written about the job conditions related to their work, including their job position, working hours, level of wages, payment of wages, legal rights and duties, sick leave, and permitted vacations
    1 - Some workers are informed in written about the job conditions related to their work, including their job position, working hours, level of wages, payment of wages, legal rights and duties, sick leave, and permitted vacations, but this is not for 100% of the workers
    2 - All workers are informed in written about the job conditions related to their work, including their job position, working hours, level of wages, payment of wages, legal rights and duties, sick leave, and permitted vacations. Nevertheless, the worker does not get to keep a copy of this agreement for themselves
    3 - All workers are informed in a written agreement, in local language and understandable manner, of the job conditions related to their work, including their job position, working hours, level of wages, payment of wages, legal rights and duties, sick leave, and permitted vacations and the worker gets to keep a copy of this agreement for themselves

    		 Importance
    Critical


    Applicability
  • Cultivation & wild collection
  • OaS
  • Sub-suppliers
  • Field operators
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