The Nidecker Group expects a very high level of responsibility and a strong ethical stance towards the people who create and make our products. Our suppliers shall treat their employees with dignity and respect, complying with the highest standards of human rights:
Safe working conditions: the supplier shall offer a safe and healthy working environment to its employees to prevent any harmful incidents related to their work activities. The employees shall have the right to refuse any unsafe work and to report unhealthy working conditions. The health and safety management system must be coordinated by a person in charge of workplace risk analysis, training of employees, and the health and safety system’s continual auditing and improvement.
Working hours: the supplier will comply with local laws and regulations without exceeding the ILO convention limit of 48 hours per week on a regular basis. The overtime will not exceed the local laws and will be executed on an exceptional basis, in case of urgent work or “force majeure”. The employee will be entitled to one day off (24 hours) minimum for every seven days.
Wage: the wage-level must allow the employees to meet their needs and their families’, considering the general level of wages in the country, the cost of living, social security benefits, and, if higher, the level of the wage in the local industry standard. The employees must be compensated for overtime hours at the rate legally required. The supplier will apply equal remuneration for male and female employees for work of equal value, referring to rates of remuneration established without discrimination based on sex.
Child labor: the supplier shall not hire employees who are less than the age of completion of compulsory schooling, and in any case, not under the age of 15 years old.
Forced labor: the supplier will not use forced or compulsory labor under any forms. All employees can decide to accept or leave their employment freely. The supplier should also monitor third party companies which assist in recruiting to ensure that employees are not compelled to work through force, intimidation or coercion.
Prohibition of Discrimination: the supplier shall base its employment decisions on equal employment opportunities without any distinction, exclusion or preference made based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin.
Prohibition of Harassment and Abuse: No employee shall be subject to physical, psychological, sexual or verbal violence or any other forms of abuse. An effective complaint mechanism shall be in place to allow employees to report against mobbing, sexual harassment or any other forms of violence or discrimination.
Freedom of association: the supplier respects the legal right of the employees to free association. If restricted by law, the employees will be given the right to raise issues related to any grievances in the workplace without facing any risks of sanctions or threats.
Anti-corruption: the supplier shall demonstrate a high level of integrity in the way it conducts business by following every local and international anti-corruption law and by abstaining from bribery, or from any other method of influencing public authorities or officials.
Product safety: as proved to be crucial to the quality, the legal compliance and the reputation of our brands, the supplier needs to show full transparency and reliability with regards to test results conducted on product safety. Any change related to the testing process needs to be notified without delay.