Human Rights and Working Conditions Policy
To ensure upholding of human rights and proper working conditions for our Yanfeng employees globally, we established the Human Rights and Working Conditions Policy and Commitment.
Our Policy Includes the Following Points:
- Policy Statement: We will safeguard the human rights and working conditions of our employees in the execution of our business operations.
- Working Age: Yanfeng will ensure that child and young workers, who are under the legal minimum working age, are not employed at any of our sites.
- Wages and Benefits: Yanfeng will ensure that its wages and benefits are competitive and meet applicable regulations and prevailing industry packages, including respecting laws and regulations governing minimum wage, overtime compensation, medical leave, and government-mandated benefits.
- Working Hours: Yanfeng will respect regular work week standards (working hours) for the countries in which we operate. Laws and regulations on the maximum number of working hours and time off shall be respected. Employees should have a minimum of one day off every seven days.
- Involuntary Work: Yanfeng will ensure no conditions of “modern slavery,” which refers to all work or services exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which that person has not offered themself voluntarily, exist at any of our sites. Examples include forced overtime, retention of identity documents, and human trafficking.
- Lawful Recruitment: Yanfeng will ensure that the Company employs ethical recruiting methods and hires workers law-fully, in line with the International Labor Standards, and in a fair and transparent manner that respects human rights. Examples of unethical recruitment include misleading or defrauding potential workers about the nature of the work, asking workers to pay recruitment fees and/or confiscating, destroying, concealing, and/or denying access to worker passports and other government-issued identity documents. Workers must receive a written notification at the start of their recruitment in a language well understood by them, stating in a truthful, clear manner their rights and responsibilities.
- Freedom of Association: Yanfeng will respect freedom of association, which relates to the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and to freedom of association at all levels; in particular, in political, trade union, and civic matters, which includes the right of everyone to form and join trade unions for the protection of their interests. Yanfeng will respect collective bargaining, as a process of negotiations between employers and a group of employees, aimed at reaching an agreement that regulates working conditions.
- No Harassment: Yanfeng will ensure no harassment is tolerated, including sexual harassment, sexual abuse, corporal punishment, mental or physical coercion, or verbal abuse of workers.
- Non-Discrimination: Yanfeng will ensure our policies support non-discrimination in the workplace. This requires the equal treatment of an individual or group, regardless of their characteristics, including sex, race, color, ethnic, or social origin, genetic features, language, religion, or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age, or sexual orientation. The Company will ensure equivalent pay and benefits for work of equal value not only regarding gender but also all other potential bases for discrimination. This does not, however, prohibit unequal payment due to different local living costs.
- Women’s Rights: Yanfeng will ensure women’s rights are protected. The Company respects that women are entitled to political, economic, and social equality. Gender inequality underpins problems such as unequal opportunity in employment and unequal pay for equal work.
- Diversity and Inclusion: Yanfeng will ensure the Company policies promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Company will develop and promote inclusive cultures where diversity is valued, celebrated, and everyone is able to contribute fully and reach their full potential. The Company will encourage diversity in all levels of their workforce and leadership, including the boards of directors.
- Minority and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: Yanfeng will ensure the rights of minorities and indigenous peoples by respecting the rights of local communities to have decent living conditions, education, employment, social activities, and the right to free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) to developments that affect them and the lands on which they live, with consideration for the presence of vulnerable groups.
- Land, Forest, and Water Rights: Yanfeng will support land, forest, and water rights. The Company will avoid forced eviction and the deprivation of land, forests, and waters in the acquisition, development, or other use of land, forests, and waters.
- Security Forces: Yanfeng will avoid the use of private or public security forces to protect the business, as this may lead to violations of human rights.
Our Health and Safety Policy
Nothing is more important than the health and well-being of everyone working at or visiting any of our global locations.
Our commitments are:
- Create a safe and healthy workplace, continually improve the occupational health and safety management systems and performance, and strive to prevent all work-related injuries and ill health;
- Fulfill all applicable legal and other requirements regarding Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) hazards at each location;
- Focus on the prevention of injuries and the risk controls during the early phase of new projects. Systematically and comprehensively identify risks, improve the effectiveness of risk control and reduce occupational health and safety risks by formulating continuous and forward-looking risk control measures;
- Enhance the engagement and demonstration of leadership, facilitate and promote the consultation and participation of workers, improve the safety awareness of employees, and build the brand of Safety Culture.