Fair work practices
Spotting risks to Fair work practices
Spotting risks associated with alignment to criteria, requires reference to workplace data, direct observation, and by talking to workers. The focus for fair work practices is in formalized contracts, fair remuneration, leave from work, humane treatment, communication, safeguarding rights, and discrimination.
Look at the Checklist (below) to explore the key questions to review with your intermediary.
See Control & Preventative measures
Supporting Fair work practices
The role of intermediaries in this is on advisory. However, proactively, intermediaries can encourage safe dialogue spaces, and offer training on how to maintain a fair work environment, as well as promote the development and enforcement of relevant policies and procedures that support better outcomes in work practices for the employees.
1. Dialogue space
Intermediaries may encourage the SGBs to offer an opportunity that allows the employees and workers to be able to talk and share their discomforts and appreciations of how they are treated.
2. Training SGBs on fair work practice procedures
The underlying approaches on how employees and workers are treated, is anchored on the culture of an SGB. Intermediaries may be able to promote a positive culture among SGBs through training, and by leading by example.
3. Relevant policies & procedures
Fundamental actions that promote fair work practices need to be anchored within policies and procedures. See the section on Policies and Procedures for more information.
Improving mental wellbeing
The practices embedded during the support period, should be encouraged to continue after the engagement period comes to an end. This will mainly be anchored on SGBs continuing to have open spaces for dialogues among workers and employees, and developing, documenting and enforcing relevant policies and procedures.
1. Dialogue space
Intermediaries may encourage the SGBs to offer an opportunity that allows the employees and workers to be able to talk and share their discomforts and appreciations of how they are treated.
2. Enforcing policies & procedures
For continuous improvement, the policies and procedures need to be maintained. The actions promoting fair work practices anchored within policies and procedures will however now and then need to be reviewed and improved. See the section on Policies and Procedures for more information.