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