6.2.2

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

Criteria	Guidance	Evidence & Scoring	Importance & Applicability
Criteria 6.2: Criteria 6.2: Children’s rights are respected 6.2.2 Young workers may perform work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is unlikely to harm the health, safety or morals of children. This means in particular that young workers are unable to perform work which takes place in a hazardous environment, is performed at night or over long hours (over 8 hours), is excessively difficult, or interferes with schooling or vocational orientation and training	Young workers: workers between 15 and 18 years of age, performing non-hazardous and age-appropriate work, in line with ILO Conventions 138 and 182. This requirement applies to any kind of workers, including subcontracted workers. An up-to-date list of the young workers should be kept including: information on gender, age, wage, type of work, name and contacts of parents or legal guardians.	INTERVIEWS Interviews with workers, farmers and collectors to identify if there is worker between 15 and 18 years old. Important to ask workers (independent from employers) about this and to also ask the employer how they check the age of the workers. DOCUMENTATION Check internal policies/procedures of the organization to check how they define rules for workers between 15 and 18 years old. In case there is any mistrust during the audit, the auditor can ask to check the ID (or other document) of a worker to check his/her actual age. Check at level of the organization any report from local authorities (sometimes organizations are requested by national law to keep reports of visits/audits of national authorities). OBSERVATION During the audit, the auditor is required to observe what kind of work is performed by workers between 15 and 18 years old. Scoring guidance 0 - There are young workers performing work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of children 1 - Score is not an option for this criterion 2 - There are no young workers performing work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of the children. There is no list with the required information (or the list is not completed) 3 - There are no young workers performing work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of children. An up-to-date list of the young workers is kept including information on gender, age, wage, type of work, name and contacts of parents or legal guardians	Importance Critical Applicability Cultivation & wild collection OaS Sub-suppliers Field operators

Criteria

Guidance

Evidence & Scoring

Importance & Applicability

Criteria 6.2: Criteria 6.2: Children’s rights are respected

6.2.2

Young workers may perform work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is unlikely to harm the health, safety or morals of children. This means in particular that young workers are unable to perform work which takes place in a hazardous environment, is performed at night or over long hours (over 8 hours), is excessively difficult, or interferes with schooling or vocational orientation and training

Young workers: workers between 15 and 18 years of age, performing non-hazardous and age-appropriate work, in line with ILO Conventions 138 and 182. This requirement applies to any kind of workers, including subcontracted workers. An up-to-date list of the young workers should be kept including: information on gender, age, wage, type of work, name and contacts of parents or legal guardians.

INTERVIEWS

Interviews with workers, farmers and collectors to identify if there is worker between 15 and 18 years old. Important to ask workers (independent from employers) about this and to also ask the employer how they check the age of the workers.

DOCUMENTATION

Check internal policies/procedures of the organization to check how they define rules for workers between 15 and 18 years old. In case there is any mistrust during the audit, the auditor can ask to check the ID (or other document) of a worker to check his/her actual age. Check at level of the organization any report from local authorities (sometimes organizations are requested by national law to keep reports of visits/audits of national authorities).

OBSERVATION

During the audit, the auditor is required to observe what kind of work is performed by workers between 15 and 18 years old.

Scoring guidance

0 - There are young workers performing work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of children
1 - Score is not an option for this criterion
2 - There are no young workers performing work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of the children. There is no list with the required information (or the list is not completed)
3 - There are no young workers performing work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, safety or morals of children. An up-to-date list of the young workers is kept including information on gender, age, wage, type of work, name and contacts of parents or legal guardians

Importance
Critical

Applicability

Cultivation & wild collection

OaS

Sub-suppliers

Field operators

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6.2.2

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

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