Guidance for RSB P&C 4 (Human and Labour Rights)

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Compared to the current Version Zero, the RSB needs to develop the full guidance to help stakeholders to understand and implement the RSB standards. Please add your suggestions after "Suggested Full Guidance"!

Contents 1 Principle 4 2 Key Guidance, as included in Version Zero 3 Suggested Full Guidance 4 Criterion 4.a 4.1 Key Guidance, as included in Version Zero 4.2 Suggested Full Guidance 5 Criterion 4.b 5.1 Key Guidance, as included in Version Zero 5.2 Suggested Full Guidance 6 Criterion 4.c 6.1 Key Guidance, as included in Version Zero 6.2 Suggested Full Guidance 7 Criterion 4.d 7.1 Key Guidance, as included in Version Zero 7.2 Suggested Full Guidance 8 Criterion 4.e 8.1 Key Guidance, as included in Version Zero 8.2 Suggested Full Guidance 9 Criterion 4.f 9.1 Key Guidance, as included in Version Zero 9.2 Suggested Full Guidance

Principle 4

Biofuel production shall not violate human rights or labor rights, and shall ensure decent work and the well-being of workers.

Key Guidance, as included in Version Zero

Key international conventions such as the ILO’s core labor conventions and the UN Declaration on Human Rights shall form the basis for this principle. Employees, contracted labour, small outgrowers, and employees of outgrowers shall all be accorded the rights described below. ‘Decent work’, as defined by the ILO, will be the aspirational goal for this principle.

Suggested Full Guidance

Criterion 4.a

Workers will enjoy freedom of association, the right to organise, and the right to collectively bargain.

Key Guidance, as included in Version Zero

In countries where the law prevents collective bargaining or unionisation, special measures must be developed within the framework of the project implementation plan to ensure that workers can engage with the project owners or partners while being protected from breaking the law.

Suggested Full Guidance

Criterion 4.b

No slave labour or forced labour shall occur.

Key Guidance, as included in Version Zero

None

Suggested Full Guidance

Criterion 4.c

No child labour shall occur, except on family farms and then only when work does not interfere with the child’s schooling.

Key Guidance, as included in Version Zero

None

Suggested Full Guidance

• bill wason, Co2 Star and Sustainable BioBrazil (BioenergyWiki User:Billwason):
  • if community members insist on being able to use child labor, then the biofuel producer shall be responsible for insuring that schooling is provided at their expense to account for any loss of school time from work in the fields.

Criterion 4.d

Workers shall be free of discrimination of any kind, whether in employment or opportunity, with respect to wages, working conditions, and social benefits.

Key Guidance, as included in Version Zero

None

Suggested Full Guidance

Criterion 4.e

Workers' wages and working conditions shall respect all applicable laws and international conventions, as well as all relevant collective agreements. They shall also be determined by reference to, at a minimum, the conditions established for work of the same character or offered by comparable employers in the country concerned.

Key Guidance, as included in Version Zero

None

Suggested Full Guidance

Criterion 4.f

Conditions of occupational safety and health for workers and communities shall follow internationally-recognised standards.

Key Guidance, as included in Version Zero

Applicable standards will be referenced by the RSB in the full guidance.

Suggested Full Guidance