BJ-Gears suppliers must respect international human rights and labour rights as expressed in the International Bill of Human Rights and the eight core conventions of the International Labour Organization, ILO. BJ-Gears suppliers must commit to avoid infringing on human rights and labour rights and to address and remedy any adverse impacts with which they are involved.
Privacy
BJ-Gears suppliers must respect the right to privacy of their employees and customers. BJ-Gears suppliers are provided with access to BJ-Gears goods and data in collaboration and during the supplier process. In regards to our goods and data, we expect that our suppliers maintain an appropriate degree of security in the prevention of unauthorised access. This security is to ensure the prevention of damage, removal or misuse and applies to both external persons and individual suppliers' employees.
Discrimination
BJ-Gears suppliers must not discriminate customers or others in their value chain based on race, skin colour, gender, language, religion, political or other beliefs, age, disability, nationality, social or ethnic background, financial circumstances, sexual orientation, origin or other status recognized by international law.
Impacts on local communities
BJ-Gears suppliers must assess and address the impact of their activities on the human rights of local communities.
Country risk
BJ-Gears suppliers must take the necessary steps to avoid involvement in human rights violations in their countries of operation.
Health and safety
BJ-Gears suppliers must ensure a safe and healthy working environment. The suppliers must:
- Take responsibility for employee health and safety.
- Provide training and ensure that employees are trained in health and safety matters.
- Assess risks and take the best possible precautions in relation to accidents and occupational diseases.
Salary, remuneration and leave
BJ-Gears suppliers must pay their employees a salary and remuneration that ensures they can maintain a reasonable standard of living and as a minimum must comply with local laws and regulations for minimum wages. Salaries must be paid via legal means of payment at least once a month. In situations where the statutory minimum wage cannot pay for basic living standards, suppliers are encouraged to supplement the wages of the employees so that their basic needs can be met. Employees are entitled to sickness leave and maternity leave in accordance with local legislation.
Working hours
BJ-Gears suppliers must respect that the total number of working hours of a normal working week may not exceed 48 hours. With overtime included, the normal working week must not exceed a maximum of 60 hours in total. Overtime must be planned in a way that ensures safe and humane working conditions. The suppliers' employees may work more than 60 hours a week if they freely wish to do so, should local legislation permit it. The total number of consecutive working days must comply with local legislation and employees are entitled to at least one day off a week.
Coercion and disciplinary sanctions
BJ-Gears suppliers must not use physical punishment, threats of violence or other forms of physical or psychological coercion or abuse. Disciplinary sanctions in the form of fines or deduction in salaries must not be used.
Freedom of speech
BJ-Gears suppliers must not carry out reprisals to prevent employees from expressing their dissatisfaction with their working conditions in an open and loyal manner. In the context of inspection visits by BJ-Gear, employees must be able to inform inspectors of any breaches of this Supplier Code of Conduct without fear of reprisals.
