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Suppliers protect migrant workers (direct / tier 1)
Suppliers protect migrant workers (beyond tier 1):
Page 5 "The HPE Migrant Worker Standard demonstrates our leadership on issues related to addressing modern slavery. This standard adopts an industry-leading “Employer Pays Principle” approach to the foreign and domestic migrant workforce in our supply chain.....We require suppliers to directly employ foreign workers."
Prohibit use of child labour (direct / tier 1):
Page 12 "The SBC specifically prohibits child labor, prison or forced labor, and physical punishment throughout our operations, or those of our business partners or suppliers."
Prohibit charging of recruitment fees to employee (direct / tier 1)
Prohibit charging of recruitment fees to employee (beyond tier 1):
Page 5 "Under this standard, migrant workers cannot be charged recruitment fees or costs and such workers’ original migrant worker identification documents, passports, travel papers, and other personal assets and documents may not be retained or held by suppliers, recruitment agents, or any third-party."
Suppliers respect labour rights (wages / freedom of association etc) (direct / tier 1):
Page 15 "We continued to actively participate in the RBA taskforce on living wages, and conducted additional engagement with peer companies to specifically research and plan how to introduce living wage measures across the electronics supply chain."
Suppliers produce their own statement (direct / tier 1)
Page 18 "n partnership with the LGRR and other leading companies, can further promote awareness and help other companies identify the necessary tools to adopt the Employer Pays Principle in their own supply chains."