Why Develop Social Compliance Systems
- Eradicating Child Labour, Forced Labour and Gender based violence.
- NAPP’s Social compliance programs ensures to support critical gaps where our Producer organizations are yet to develop full capacity to compile with the need of the supply chain.
- For most producer organisations, a social compliance system will enable oversight and control over every actor in every supply chain may be challenging.
- It is fundamentally important that Producer organization not only avoids causing or contributing to child and forced labor or Gender based violence though its own activities, but also seeks to prevent or mitigate adverse labor rights that impacts linked to its business operations through business relationships.
compliance system should be designed to prioritize those areas of the supply chain where the risk of gross labor abuses is most significant, whether due to the operating context, the products or services involved, or other relevant considerations. By necessity, you may also need to prioritize those areas of the supply chain where the company has the greatest leverage to effect meaningful change.
It is important to note that most robust social compliance systems are designed to address the fundamental labor standards identified by the International Labor Organization (ILO)―covering freedom of association, collective bargaining, employment discrimination, child labor and forced labor―as well as other labor standards such as occupational safety and health, wages and hours of work.
Basic understanding of Social Compliance Systems
- Understand the key components of a social compliance system and how they fit together.
- Become familiar with industry or cross-industry social compliance programs within FT NAPP.
- Begin to define the scope of FT NAPP social compliance system.
- Understand the personnel requirements in terms of capacity building, resources, finance etc for a strong social compliance team.
- Recognize the NAPP board and management systems will make social compliance system successful.
SOCIAL COMPLIANCE
Good Social compliance systems are based on strong overall management systems. They require planning, documentation, Internal controls, training and interaction with its employees, clearly defined policies and procedures.
Social compliance is an iterative and ongoing process
Social Compliance data is very important
Risk assessment data for countries where products are or may be sourced.
Data gathered from producers/ community members (children and youth) through ongoing consultation, regarding countries, labor issues, or other relevant topics.
Complaints received through established mechanisms, and how they were handled.
Audit results -Internal and by Audit teams.
Remediation models for use in specific situations involving code violations.
Programs and services available in communities to assist victims of labor abuse, including children
Policies
Reference reads of ILO Convention
- Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention, 1948 (No. 87).
- Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98). This is supplemented by Recommendation 163.
- Forced Labor Convention, 1930 (No. 29). This is supplemented by Recommendation 35.
- Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labor Convention, 1930. This is supplemented by Recommendation 203.
- Abolition of Forced Labor Convention, 1957 (No. 105).
- Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138). This is supplemented by several Recommendations, including Recommendation 146.
- Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention, 1999 (No. 182). This is supplemented by Recommendation 190.
- Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100). This is supplemented by Recommendation 90.
- Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111). This is supplemented by Recommendation 111.