PA09: Special Protection for Young Workers
Young workers:
- must not work night shifts
- must not work near or with dangerous substances and chemicals
- must have received specific training on OHS
- are assigned working hours that do not put at risk their school attendance ...
... must take all necessary measures so that such special protection is provided to protect young workers from physical, psychosocial, or moral danger at work.
PA09: Special Protection for Young Workers
9.1 The Auditee ensures that Young People do not work at night and are protected against Conditions of Work which are prejudicial to their Health, Safety, Morals and Development
... to ensure that young workers do not put their health, safety, morals and development at risk.
Risk assessment: ... required even if ... not employ any young workers
Night work ... defined by national law. If not, follows the amforiBSCI definition.
* night work as all work which is performed during a period of seven or more consecutive hours, which include the period from midnight to 5 am, as defined by the ILO.
PA09: Special Protection for Young Workers
9.2 CRUCIAL QUESTION: Young Workers' working hours do not prejudice:
- attendance at school
- participation in vocational orientation approved by the competent authority
- capacity to benefit from training or instruction programmes
... the combination of daily work hours, school time, and transport time is limited to 10 hours a day ...
... company trainings are scheduled in such a way that young workers can still attend school or their education/training programme.
PA09: Special Protection for Young Workers
9.3 CRUCIAL QUESTION: The Auditee establishes the necessary Mechanisms to prevent, identify and mitigate Harm to young Workers
... to ensure that the Occupational Health and Safety risk assessment and related action plan meet the following criteria:
- Specific attention to young workers
- Workers and their representatives are consulted to define preventive and mitigation measures
- The mitigation measures are properly recorded
PA09: Special Protection for Young Workers
9.4 The Auditee seeks to ensure that Young Workers have access to effective Grievance Mechanisms
... to ensure that young workers can use the grievance mechanism and receive timely feedback.
- special training on how to submit a grievance
- properly informed on the support they can received
- regardless of type of employment (seasonal, subcontracted, or ...)
Training documentation:
dates and schedules, content, trainer name and
qualification,
attendance list with signatures
PA09: Special Protection for Young Workers
9.5 The Auditee seeks to ensure that Young Workers are properly trained on occupational Health and Safety and have Access to related Training Programmes
... to ensure that young workers receive OHS training ...
Training documentation: ... given to young workers about the existence and use of the
grievance mechanism. This training documentation shall include:
dates and schedules, content, trainer
name and qualification,
attendance list with signatures
PA09: Special Protection for Young Workers
9.6 The Auditee has a good Overview of all Young Workers engaged in its Production Site
... has accurate and up-to-date information on the young workers employed (directly and indirectly) at the producer business
Work cycle: ... a good overview of the work cycle ...
Record keeping: ... a good overview of the work cycle ...
Handling personal data: Personal data records should only be destroyed in agreement with the national regulations for handling confidential information ...
PA09: Special Protection for Young Workers
Required Documents
- Documentation of all trainings given to young workers
- Risk assessment and related action plan with specific actions to protect young workers and young female workers
- Young workers overview records
- Young workers' work cycle overview
