Child
Labour
BESTSELLER demands that suppliers at any given time must be able to show documentation verifying the age of their workers. In rare cases where child labour may be found, BESTSELLER has a clear policy on how to deal with these situations.
If a worker is under the age of 15, he or she can no longer work at the factory, but BESTSELLER demands that the supplier take responsibility for the education of this child until he or she reaches the legal age of work. BESTSELLER stipulates that the supplier must continue to pay wages to the young worker until the day that the child reaches the minimum age, and that, in the meantime, the job shall be offered to a member of his or the child’s family.
The cooperation with the suppliers is reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and BESTSELLER will end the cooperation if we find that the supplier is unwilling to follow our instructions.
It is worth mentioning that finding workers below the minimum age in exporting factories is very uncommon. The few times we have found child labour at a factory have been due to the supplier’s lack of correct employment procedures – not because the supplier intentionally wanted to employ an underage child.
Read our Child Labour Policy here.