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Kathmandu has a Mandatory Reporting of Child and Forced Labor Policy, which is applied should cases of child or forced labor be found within the supply chain.
The Kathmandu Migrant Labour Policy therefore outlines the company’s commitment to ensuring its suppliers provide sustainable recruitment practices and employment conditions for Migrant Workers in our supply chain.
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MODERN SLAVERY
There shall be no slavery of any kind in the Supplier’s supply chain. This includes the use of forced labor, human trafficking, prison labor, indentured labor, bonded labor or other forms of labor facilitated by any form of coercion or deception. Workers are not required to lodge deposits or their identity papers with their employer and are free to leave their employer after reasonable notice.(Code of Conduct)
In order to do business with any member of the Kathmandu Group, a Supplier is expected to comply with all relevant and applicable laws and regulations of the country in which workers are employed and to implement the Workplace Code in their applicable facilities. When differences or conflicts in standards
arise, Suppliers are expected to apply the highest standard. (Code of Conduct)
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"CHILD LABOR
No person shall be employed under the age of 15 or under the age for completion of compulsory education, whichever is higher."