Workers’ Rights

Requirements, best practices, and practical considerations for companies to fulfil their obligation to respect the rights of workers.

The AFi is pleased to announce the draft Operational Guidance on Workers’ Rights is now available. This draft Operational Guidance is being released as a working document with a public consultation period until 1 February 2021.

Download the draft and learn more about the public consultation:

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Stage of the ethical supply chain journey

Set and strengthen goals

Implement ethical supply chains

Purpose & Summary

This Operational Guidance elaborates on the Accountability Framework’s Core Principles 2.1 and 2.3 regarding respect for internationally-recognized rights of workers for all production and trade activities in the forestry and agriculture sectors. These rights include provisions for:

No child labour
No forced or compulsory labour
Freedom of association and collective bargaining
No discrimination
No abusive practices or undue disciplinary procedures
Legal and decent working hours
Safe and healthy workplaces
Living wages and fair benefits

Recognizing that numerous guidelines and other resources already exist to support implementation of workers’ rights norms, the purpose of this document is to summarize established best practice and link to existing resources to learn more.

Topics in this guidance

1. Overview

2. Operationalizing respect for workers’ rights

3. Effective management systems to ensure respect for workers’ rights

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Core Principle

Respect for human rights

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Resources

Topic: Human Rights

Brief summary of the Framework's guidance setting and achieving goals for commodity supply chains that respect human rights.

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