Employment and the Workplace 

• Equal Employment Opportunity/Nondiscrimination
  We believe that all terms and conditions of employment should be based on an individual?s ability to do the joy and not on the basis of personal characteristics or beliefs. We provide employees with a working environment free of discrimination, harassment, intimidation or coercion relating directly to race, religion, sexual orientation, political opinion or disability.  

 

• Forced Labour
  We do not use any prison, slave, indentured, or forced labor in the manufacture of any of our products.

• Child Labour
  We do not utilize child labor in the production of any products. We do not employ any person under the age of 15 (or 14 where local law allows), or the age at which compulsory schooling has ended, whichever is greater 

   

• Hours of Labour
  We maintain reasonable employee work hours based on the limits on regular and overtime hours allowed by local law, or where local law does not limit the hours of work, the regular work week. Overtime, when necessary is fully compensated according to local law, or at a rate at least equal to the regular hourly days off (at least one day off in every seven-day period) and leave privileges.

    

• Coercion and Harassment
  We acknowledge the value of our staff and treat each employee with dignity and respect. We do not use cruel and unusual disciplinary practices such as threats of violence or other forms of physical, sexual, psychological or verbal harassment or abuse.

    

• Compensation
  We fairly compensate our employees by complying with all applicable laws, including minimum wage laws, or the prevailing local industry wage, whichever is higher.

    

• Health and Safety
  We maintain a safe, clean and healthy environment in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. We provide adequate medical facilities, clean restrooms, reasonable access to potable water, well lit and ventilated workstations, and protection form hazardous materials or conditions. The same standards of health and safety are applied in any housing we provide for our employees.

   

Concern for the Environment

We believe it is our duty to protect the environment and we do this by complying with all applicable environment laws and regulations.

 

Ethical Business Practices

 

• Sensitive Transactions
  We strictly prohibit disclosure of material inside information to persons within the company whose positions deny access to such information. Inside information is any data that has not been publicly disclosed.  

 

• Accounting Controls, Procedures and Records
  We strictly prohibit any fraudulent activity that might injure our customers and suppliers, as well as the Company. We follow certain procedures concerning the recognition, reporting and investigation of any such activity 

   

• Use and Disclosure of Inside Information
  We strictly prohibit disclosure of material inside information to persons within the company whose positions deny access to such information. Inside information is any data that has not been publicly disclosed.

    

• Confidential or Proprietary Information
  We take extra care to keep our customers? trust and confidence in us. Thus, we prohibit employees from disclosing confidential or proprietary information outside the Company that could be harmful to our clients, or to the Company itself. Such information may only be shared with other employees on a nee-to-know basis.

    

• Fraud and Similar Irregularities
  We strictly prohibit any fraudulent activity that might injure our customers and suppliers, as well as the Company. We follow certain procedures concerning the recognition, reporting and investigation of any such activity