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A workplace standard used at more than 800 factories worldwide is to be revised this summer.
Social Accountability International, which devised the SA8000 ethical standard in 1997, is seeking opinions on how it can be improved, with a view to producing a new version in late 2007. The US-based body wants initial comments before 31 July and will release a draft by the end of this year.
SA8000 was last updated in 2001 and SAI says this second revision had been expected. More than half a million people now work in 881 SA8000-certified facilities in 57 industries across 50 countries.
The supply chain standard covers areas such as child labour and forced labour, health and safety, freedom of association, collective bargaining and discrimination. Among its requirements is that a company must not allow employees to work more than 48 hours a week and give at least one day off in any seven-day period.
The names and addresses of facilities certified to the SA8000 standard are published online.
Social Accountability International, which devised the SA8000 ethical standard in 1997, is seeking opinions on how it can be improved, with a view to producing a new version in late 2007. The US-based body wants initial comments before 31 July and will release a draft by the end of this year.
SA8000 was last updated in 2001 and SAI says this second revision had been expected. More than half a million people now work in 881 SA8000-certified facilities in 57 industries across 50 countries.
The supply chain standard covers areas such as child labour and forced labour, health and safety, freedom of association, collective bargaining and discrimination. Among its requirements is that a company must not allow employees to work more than 48 hours a week and give at least one day off in any seven-day period.
The names and addresses of facilities certified to the SA8000 standard are published online.
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