The Plastics and Engineering Company Ltd.
Human Rights Principles
Respect for human rights is a fundamental value of The Plastics and Engineering Company Ltd. The Company has built a reputation on trust and respect, we are committed to earning that trust with a set of values that represent the highest standards of integrity and excellence.
We strive to respect and promote human rights in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in our relationships with our employees and suppliers.
Our aim is to help increase the enjoyment of human rights within the communities in which we operate. This Policy is guided by international human rights principles encompassed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including those contained within the International Bill of Rights and the International Labour Organization’s 1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
This policy applies to The Plastics and Engineering Company Ltd,
The Company also expects our suppliers to uphold these principles and urges them to adopt similar policies within their own businesses.
The Plastics and Engineering Company Ltd acknowledges the human rights relating to our business operations such as.
Respect for Human Rights
Freedom of opinion and expression
Diversity and Inclusion
Safe and Healthy Workplace
Workplace Security
Forced Labour and Human Trafficking
Child Labour
Work Hours, Wages and Benefits
Right to equality between men and women
We use due diligence as a means to identify and prevent human rights risks to people in our business.
Our aim is to ensure through dialogue that we are listening to, learning from and considering views as we conduct our business.
This includes issues in our Company, across our value chain and suppliers, through which we seek to promote respect for human rights.
The Plastics and Engineering Companies Human Rights Policy
Diversity and Inclusion
We value and advance the diversity and inclusion of the people with whom we work. We are committed to equal opportunity and are intolerant of discrimination and harassment. We work to maintain workplaces that are free from discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, sex, colour, national or social origin, ethnicity, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, political opinion or any other status protected by applicable law.
The basis for recruitment, hiring, placement, development, training, and advancement at the Company is based on performance, skills and experience. We do not tolerate disrespectful or inappropriate behaviour, unfair treatment or retaliation of any kind.
Harassment is not tolerated in the workplace and in any work-related circumstance outside the workplace.
The Company is committed to a Safe and Healthy Workplace
The safety and health of our employees is of paramount importance. Our policy is to provide a safe and healthy workplace and comply with applicable safety and health laws and regulations, as well as internal requirements.
We work to provide and maintain a safe a healthy productive workplace, in consultation with our employees, by addressing and remediating identified risks of accidents, injury and health impacts.
Workplace Security
We are committed to maintaining a workplace that is free from violence, harassment, intimidation and other unsafe or disruptive conditions due to internal and external threats. Security safeguards for employees are provided, as needed, and are maintained with respect for employee privacy and dignity.
Forced Labour and Human Trafficking
We prohibit the use of all forms of forced labour, including prison labour, indentured labour, bonded labour, military labour, modern forms of slavery and any form of human trafficking. Child Labour We prohibit the hiring of individuals that are under 16 years of age for positions in which hazardous work is required.
Work Hours
Wages and Benefits We pay employees competitively relative to the industry and local labour market, we work to ensure full compliance with applicable wage, work hours, overtime and benefits laws.
Guidance and Reporting for Employees
We strive to create workplaces in which open and honest communications among all employees are valued and respected. Any employee who has questions about this policy or would like to confidentially raise a question or any concerns they have can do with management, no reprisal or retaliatory action will be taken against any employee for raising concerns under this policy.
The Company will investigate, address and respond to the concerns of employees and will take appropriate corrective action in response to any violation.
The Company reserves the right to amend this policy at any time.
The Plastics and Engineering Company Ltd