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Supporting Standards and Codes
A. Business and Human Rights Standards
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
Worker-Driven Social Responsibility Network (WSRN) Statement of Principles
B. International Labor Organization (ILO) Eight Fundamental Labor Standards
Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87)
Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)
Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) (and its 2014 Protocol)
Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105)
Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)
Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)
Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100)
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
C. U.S. Federal Labor Laws
Department of Labor (DOL): Summary of Major DOL Laws
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): Worker Rights and Protections
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB): Employee Rights
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC): EEO-1 Component 1 Reporting Requirements
Worker Bills of Rights
Freedom of Association Resources:
Tools and Resources for Business on Freedom of Association, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Employer/Union Rights and Obligations, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
The Investor Case for Supporting Worker Organizing Rights, Trillium Asset Management, July 2022
Advancing Worker Justice: Investor Support for the Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining, ICCR, September 2022 Conference