representing their interests. There is no child labour in accordance 6.3 Do you have a plan in place for the prevention Child Labour plan with ILO convention 138. and progressive eradication of child labour? National law regarding What is the duration of the plan? child labour Do you know the national minimum age for Procedure for checking work? the age of workers How do you proactively prevent children below Training and awareness the national minimum age to working on the raising material for farm? facilitators and What type of records do you keep? farmers/workers How is the plan communicated to farmers/workers? Is there a procedure for checking the age of workers in the Unit How do you remove existing child labour? What alternatives are being proposed? For hazardous work, the minimum 6.4 What tasks do workers/farmers below the age National legislation age is 18 years. of 18 usually perform? regarding hazardous Do you know what is considered as hazardous work on cotton labour in cotton in your country? Training & awareness How do you ensure that producers have a raising material for procedure in place to document workers age facilitators and and tasks? farmers/workers Employment is freely chosen: no 6.5 Have you identified any instances of Training & awareness forced or compulsory labour, including forced/bonded labour in the Producer Unit? raising material for bonded or trafficked labour. What do you understand by forced labour? facilitators and How do you ensure that farmers comply with the farmers/workers criteria and that workers are aware of their Internal policies and rights? procedures
representing their interests. 6.3 There is no child labour in accordance with ILO convention 138. Do you have a plan in place for the prevention and progressive eradication of child labour? What is the duration of the plan? Do you know the national minimum age for work? How do you proactively prevent children below the national minimum age to working on the farm? What type of records do you keep? How is the plan communicated to farmers/workers? Is there a procedure for checking the age of workers in the Unit How do you remove existing child labour? What alternatives are being proposed? Child Labour plan National law regarding child labour Procedure for checking the age of workers Training and awareness raising material for facilitators and farmers/workers 6.4 For hazardous work, the minimum age is 18 years. What tasks do workers/farmers below the age of 18 usually perform? Do you know what is considered as hazardous labour in cotton in your country? How do you ensure that producers have a procedure in place to document workers age and tasks? National legislation regarding hazardous work on cotton Training & awareness raising material for facilitators and farmers/workers 6.5 Employment is freely chosen: no forced or compulsory labour, including bonded or trafficked labour. Have you identified any instances of forced/bonded labour in the Producer Unit? What do you understand by forced labour? How do you ensure that farmers comply with the criteria and that workers are aware of their rights? Training & awareness raising material for facilitators and farmers/workers Internal policies and procedures