Imported worker compliance checklist

1. Low risk level

• No extra deposits charged by the factory in addition to what the home/sending country agent/broker charged
• Labor contracts reflect actual hiring practices, do not infringe upon workers rights are signed by the employee with a copy provided to them
• Employees are allowed to keep their own original identification/travel documents or have complete and free access to original documents at all times
• No pregnancy testing or questions upon arrival or during employment tenure
• Employees are free to leave the factory or dormitory during their days off and after working hours
• No human rights abuses detected for imported workers
• Employees work in threat-free work environment without fear of illegal termination

2. Intermediate risk level

• Imported workers not given a copy of the their labor contracts;
• Labor contracts not signed by employees;
• Pregnancy testing or questioning upon arrival or during tenure of employment

3. High risk level

• Factory charged deposits or debt bonds as a condition of employment upon arrival in receiving country (deducted from wages or in lump sum; this would be deposits, or deductions in addition to those paid in the home country)
• Labor contracts inconsistent with imported worker testimonies with regards to wages, deposits or other arrangements;
• Falsified labor contracts
• Management holds imported workers’ original passports with or without their consent
• Termination of employment contract and employee sent home for becoming pregnant
• Restriction of movement outside the factory on their day(s) off
• Curfews or electricity shutoffs for dormitories of imported workers
• Any human rights abuses targeted at imported workers versus local workers (excessive hours, uncompensated and/or forced overtime, discrimination, harassment and abuse, unfair or overly harsh disciplinary measures
• Other Illegal terminations or threats of repatriation

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