The SLCP completed over 10,000 assessments in 2024, affecting approximately 7.3 million workers globally.
According to the report, facilities implementing the SLCP’s Converged Assessment Framework (CAF) consecutively reported a dip in national and international labour standards’ violations.
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The CAF’s design allows facilities to distribute their assessment data to various stakeholders, eliminating the need for multiple audits. This efficiency resulted in a potential savings of $39m in 2024, marking a 39% increase from the previous year. These funds are earmarked for enhancing workplace conditions.
The frequency of SLCP assessment sharing has risen, with each assessment being distributed nearly three times on average, a 16% increase from 2023.
Data suggests that sustained application of the CAF aids facilities in pinpointing and diminishing legal non-compliances, fostering improvements in the workplace environment.
The CAF’s growing use and refinements to the Data Collection Tool have allowed SLCP to derive more insights from aggregate facility data. Notably, the framework now integrates more detailed gender-related data points, underscoring the capability of SLCP data to discern trends and influence policy development.
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By GlobalDataKey findings from the report include:
– Overtime working hours remain a significant issue, with a strong correlation identified between excessive hours and subcontractor usage as well as wage determination based on legal minimums rather than living wages.
– The majority of legal non-compliances identified in SLCP assessments relate to the Wages and Benefits section of the CAF.
– Despite women constituting 59% of the workforce in SLCP facilities, they hold only 33% of supervisory or managerial roles. Additionally, 35% of facilities report higher compensation for men over women in equivalent positions.
The report also underscores SLCP’s collaborative efforts and policy initiatives through partnerships with stakeholders and other multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs).
It emphasises that while SLCP plays a vital role in improving working conditions, substantial progress requires unified action and robust collaboration within the industry.
SLCP CEO Janet Mensink said:“We’re seeing clear evidence that our vision and mission are being realised, with users of the CAF making tangible improvements to working conditions that are being reflected in assessments the following years.
“But there’s still much more work to be done in the industry. Our aggregate facility data shows that 92 per cent of assessments in 2024 included at least one non-compliance against the national labour law. This is why our work continues to be so critical – in the policy space, through collaboration with stakeholders, and in the growing adoption of SLCP. Together, we can continue to drive meaningful change.”
In April this year, SLCP introduced an updated version (1.7) of its CAF.
