Question: Did the company produce a statement in relation to any Modern Slavery legislation or Act?
Answer:
Yes - California Transparency in Supply Chains Act
5661619
Modern Slavery Statement
2019
Verified by Steward check_circle

''We are committed to protecting workers, here and abroad, by promotingethical and lawful employment practices. Accordingly, we expect our business partners and suppliers to complywith all applicable domestic and international employment laws and regulations.'

'Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics sets forth, amongother things, our expectation that our suppliers comply with national and international laws and regulations withregard to their employment practices and policies. SpeciOcally, our Code makes clear that no supplier shoulduse forced labor (prison labor, bonded labor, or indentured servitude) or child labor, and all suppliers andcontractors must pay their employees at least minimum wage, including using overtime only when eachemployee is fully compensated according to local law.'

'We train our supply chain management and our merchants on our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, whichincludes our supplier requirements aimed to ensure that child or forced labor are not utilized in the manufactureof goods that we sell. In addition, we periodically communicate these requirements to our vendors and providetraining on compliance.'

'If we believe that a supplier is not in compliance with our requirements, every effort is made to work with thesupplier to correct their noncompliance. We will provide such supplier with an opportunity to remedy any actualor potential noncompliance through the implementation of a corrective action plan, and we will conduct asubsequent audit. Should the supplier continue to fail to meet our standards, we reserve the right to take anyactions as we deem appropriate, up to and including termination of our business relationship with the supplier.'

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