30.1 The Company, its Affiliates, contractors, and subcontractors shall follow Good Agricultural Practices and internationally recognized labour standards enshrined in the International Labour Organization agreements or any other international agreement to which the Government of the Host State is or becomes a party, and shall respect as provided therein the right of its Workers to organize.
30.2 The Company, its Affiliates, contractors, and subcontractors shall not use forced labour, or child labour [as defined in the Applicable Law on labour], or employ a child in any manner that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child’s education, or to be harmful to the child’s health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral, or social development.
30.3 The Company shall adopt a health and safety management system that shall meet or exceed IFC Performance Standard 2 and the World Bank Group Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Guidelines.
30.4 The Company shall provide a legally binding written contract of employment stipulating at a minimum a job description, working hours, and rate of pay to all Workers, including temporary Workers engaged for 7 days or more.
30.5 For all Workers engaged for at least 3 months in the year, the Company shall provide [insert number] days of sick leave, which shall apply to the needs of women to attend medical appointments related to pregnancy or other reproductive health matters.
30.6 The Company shall provide paid maternity leave [in accordance with the Applicable Law]/[for a minimum duration of 14 weeks12 and at a minimum of two-thirds pay].
For more information: See generally IISD, 2014, Section 8.1.3 (Labour Standards); IFC Performance Standard 2 (Labour and Working Conditions); ISLP & CCSI, 2016, Section 2.13.4 (Labor, Health and Safety); Cotula, 2016, Section 4.4 (Labour Rights); Aizawa & Mann, 2021, Section 4.3 (Manage Negative and Positive Environmental and Social Impacts); UNIDROIT & IFAD, 2021, Chapter 4, Part II.B (Employment Creation, Access to Jobs and Labour Rights).
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Convention No. 183 Convention Concerning the Revision of the Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952, Article 4.