March 31, 2005

Brands and retailers should:

• Where feasible, maintain current country supply base and contain consolidation in-country.
• Seek to source from countries that respect core labour standards, and work with public institutions, suppliers, trade unions and NGOs to maintain decent working conditions in current supply chains.
• Source only from suppliers who provide decent work, thus meeting buyer codes, national laws and international standards, and work with the public institutions, suppliers, trade unions and NGOs to maintain decent working conditions in current supply factories.
• Monitor supplier adherence to payment of legally required social security/pension payments.
• [Work] with suppliers to monitor adherence with national laws regarding layoffs or closing down of a facility so that workers are compensated in line with national law.
• Work with suppliers and governments to help develop a mechanism to prioritize the promotion of opportunities for employment for displaced workers in the remaining and/or new textile and garment factories.

Manufacturers should:

• Provide decent work through respect for national labour standards and work with their suppliers and/or contractors to the same end.
• Where feasible, maintain current country supply base and contain consolidation in-country.
• Pay legally required social security/pension payments and ensure they are up to date.
• Ensure workers are paid their rights in layoffs according to the law.
• Promote workers' access to job banks and retraining programs if they are laid off.