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Workplace performance assessment

We undertake workplace visits and investigations to assess labour risks and the implementation of remedial actions. Usually these are focused visits designed to investigate a particular issue that may have been identified during self-assessment or through a technical visit, or which has been raised as a concern by a civil society stakeholder or trade union. Workplace visits can also be undertaken as part of wider research projects to understand worker perspectives.

Many situations are contested and we always seek to understand all standpoints. Our staff are experienced in undertaking worker interviews and focus groups in industrial and rural contexts, as well as interviewing management and engaging with local stakeholders and worker representatives.

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Organisational and workplace performance projects

Evaluating corporate performance on delivering ethical trade

Ergon has worked closely with the UK Ethical Trading Initiative (ET) for several years to develop member reporting and assessment frameworks so that ETI can identify how its members are performing in delivering improvements in working conditions across their supply chains and can identify good practice to share among ETIs membership. Click here for more information

Assessing working conditions and HR practices in India

On behalf of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Ergon undertook an investigation of human resource systems and practices at an Indian manufacturing company to assess compliance with relevant labour regulations and IFC Performance Standards. This followed the discovery of serious non-compliances with policies on labour and working conditions. Click here for more information

Assessing working conditions in small-scale cotton production in Mali

Ergon was commissioned by the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) to identify whether the working conditions experienced by smallholder cotton producers and workers met BCI’s decent work criteria, with a particular focus on the situation of women. The work was carried out in Mali, one of BCI’s pilot regions for growing Better Cotton.

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