Social Compliance
Fair Labor Association (FLA):
Wideworld Sportswear is a participating member in the Fair Labor Association’s collegiate licensing program. As an FLA collegiate licensee, we are committed to learning from FLA’s rigorous standards and improving working conditions for the people who make the clothes and products that bear university logos. Learn more at FairLabor.org .
The Fair Labor Association promotes human rights at work. FLA is an international network of companies, universities, and civil society organizations collaborating to ensure that millions of people working at the world’s factories and farms are paid fairly and protected from risks to their health, safety, and well-being. Fair labor should be the standard, not the exception. That’s why we participate in the Fair Labor Association’s collegiate licensee program.
Workplace Code of Conduct
Wideworld Sportswear is committed to conducting
business in a fair and ethical manner, and to providing a safe and healthy work
environment. We adhere to high legal,
ethical and moral standards, and comply with all local laws and safety
standards. It is our goal to create,
encourage and maintain model operations that provide good jobs at fair wages
while improving conditions in our community.
Consistent with this commitment we have adopted the FLA Code of
Conduct. The Code is posted in our
facility and communicated to our suppliers annually. All of our suppliers are
expected to adhere to the FLA Code of Conduct as a condition of our business.
The following Code of Conduct has been adopted to
ensure consistent compliance by suppliers and business partners. We recognize this will also assist management
in selecting business partners that follow this code, and standards and
practices that are consistent with our corporate responsibility program and
business guidelines.
Employment Relationship
Employers shall
adopt and adhere to rules and conditions of employment that respect workers
and, at a minimum, safeguard their rights under national and international
labor and social security laws and regulations.
Nondiscrimination
No person shall be
subject to any discrimination in employment, including hiring, compensation,
advancement, discipline, termination or retirement, on the basis of gender,
race, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, political
opinion, social group or ethnic origin.
Harassment or Abuse
Every employee shall
be treated with respect and dignity. No employee shall be subject to any
physical, sexual, psychological, or verbal harassment or abuse.
Forced Labor
There shall be no
use of forced labor, including prison labor, indentured labor, bonded labor or
other forms of forced labor.
Child Labor
No person shall be
employed under the age of 15 or the age for completion of compulsory education,
whichever is higher.
Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
Employers shall
recognize and respect the right of employees to freedom of association and
collective bargaining.
Health, Safety and Environment
Employers shall
provide a safe and healthy workplace setting to prevent accidents and injury to
health arising out of, linked with, or occurring in the course of work or as a
result of the operation of employers’ facilities. Employers shall adopt responsible
measures to mitigate negative impacts that the workplace has on the
environment.
Hours of Work
Employers shall not
require workers to work more than the regular and overtime hours allowed by the
law of the country where the workers are employed. The regular work week shall
not exceed 48 hours. Employers shall allow workers at least 24 consecutive hours
of rest in every seven-day period. All overtime work shall be consensual.
Employers shall not request overtime on a regular basis and shall compensate
all overtime work at a premium rate. Other than in exceptional circumstances,
the sum of regular and overtime hours in a week shall not exceed 60 hours.
Compensation
Every worker has a
right to compensation for a regular work week that is sufficient to meet the
worker’s basic needs and provide some discretionary income. Employers shall pay
at least the minimum wage or the appropriate prevailing wage, whichever is higher,
comply with all legal requirements on wages, and provide any benefits required
by law or contract. Where compensation does not meet workers’ basic needs and
provide some discretionary income, each employer shall work with the FLA to
take appropriate actions that seek to progressively realize a level of
compensation that does.
For questions concerning our code of conduct, please contact Jeanette Quiroz, Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility, 951-221-5286, jeanette@wwsportswear.com.
WIDEWORLD SPORTSWEAR, INC.
21800 Barton Road, #108
Grand Terrace, CA 92313
10/15/24
