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    Responsible Business Advisors

    c/o Scanteam AS, Tordenskioldsgate 2, P.O.Box 593 Sentrum, NO-0106 Oslo, Norway

    Org. no.: 956 759 978 MVA

     

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    © 2016 by Scanteam

    DECENT WORK  and SOCIAL DIALOGUE

    WHY

    Despite a couple of decades with intense social auditing of production sites, there are still persistent compliance gaps in factories and production plants  in global value chains. 

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    Companies who either own production sites or source from independent suppliers are therefore advised to shift - or at least complement social auditing by building production management and workers´ capacity to address root causes to non-compliance and identify solutions from their own perspective. This bottom-up approach ensures strong embedding and hence sustained improvements with a positive impact for Workers and Business.

     

    WHAT

    Decent work and social dialogue training with inclusion of operational-level grievance mechanisms meets expectations on labour rights set out in international standards such as OECD Guidelines for multinational companies; the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights,; several Sustainable Development Goals; Global Reporting Initiative as well as a company´s own Code of Conduct.

     

    HOW

    With experience in training about 2000 production management across multiple sectors and countries, plus social dialogue training for workers and management, RBA has in-depth insight of both key stakeholder groups’ challenges & opportunities. 

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    We ​train

    • site top/mid-management on “The Business Case for Decent Work”

    • site workers and top/mid-management on Social Dialogue

    • site top/mid management on compliance costs calculations and negotiations

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    Trainings include set-up of operational -level grievance mechanisms​

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    We also 

    • Mentor Responsible Supply Chain Managers on strategy and corrective action

    • Identify and quality-assure local partners to carry out

      • quality social assessments;

      • child labor remediation 

      • activities to prevent sexual harassment

    "Social dialogue helps our factory to capture the needs of workers which may be resolved at the reasonable demands; workers feel secure and commitment to work for a long time in the factory, which leads to productivity improvements."

    - Factory Director, Vietnam      

    RBA Decent Work and Social Dialogue Services

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    Mentor Supply Chain Managers on strategies and corrective actions 

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    ​Training for production management and workers

    Training package(s) can be ordered by Companies with own production sites; Brands/Retailers/Agents (Buyers), multi stakeholder organisations, business associations and business groups concerned with working conditions in global supply chains, and are: 

    • Applicable and adaptable across countries, sectors and production site size

    • Highly interactive, with provision of tools, resources and good practice sharing

    • Also suitable in countries with restriction on Freedom of Association​

     

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    Identify and quality assure right local partners 

    for quality social assessment and/or training

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    Child labour remediation

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    Sexual harassment prevention