Corporate Social Responsibility

Teamwork Apparels is associated with CRY-Child Rights and You in their efforts to restore basic rights to underprivileged children in India.CRY is India's leading advocate for Child Rights.since it's inception in 1979,CRY has brought together non-governmental agencies, communities, government and the media to help eliminate the root causes of deprivation, exclusion, exploitation and abuse.

Employment is freely chosen

There shall be no use of forced, including bonded or prison labour.

There is no discrimination in employment

Recruitment, wage policy, admittance to training programs, employee promotion policy, policies of employment termination, retirement and any other aspect of employment relationship shall be based on the principle of equal opportunities, regardless of race, colour, sex, religion, political affiliation, union membership, nationality, social origin.

No exploitation of child labour

There shall be no use of child labour. The age for admission to employment shall not be less than the age of completion of compulsory schooling and, in any case, not less than 18 years. There shall be no forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery , such as the sale and trafficking of children, debt bid and serfdom and forced or persuading labour.

Children shall not perform work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out , is likely to harm their healthy, safety or morals.

Freedom of association and right to collective bargaining

The right of all workers to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively shall be recognized. The company shall, in those situations in which the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining are restricted under law ,facilitate parallel means of independent and free association and bargaining for all workers. Workers representatives shall not be the subject of discrimination and shall have to access to all workplaces necessary to carry out their representative functions.

Payment of a living wage

Wages and benefits paid for a standard working week shall meet at least legal or industry minimum standards as per Indian wage act and always be sufficient to meet basic needs of workers and their families and to provide some discretionary income. Deductions from wages for disciplinary measures shall not be permitted. Deductions shall never constitute an amount that will lead the employee to receive less than the minimum wage. Employee shall be adequately and dearly informed about the specifications of their wages including wage rates and pay period.

Safe and healthy working hours
A safe and hygienic working environment shall be provided, and best occupational health and safety practice shall be promoted bearing in mind the prevailing knowledge of the industry and of any specific hazards, appropriate attention shall be paid to occupational hazards, specific to this branch of industry and assure that a safe and hygienic work environment is provided. Effective regulations shall be implemented to prevent accidents and minimize health risks as much as possible. Physical abuse, threats of physical abuse, unusual punishments or discipline, sexual and other harassment, and intimidation by the employer is strictly prohibited.

Legally-binding employment relationship
Obligations to employees under labour or social security laws and regulations arising from the regular employment relationship shall not be avoided through the use of labour only contracting arrangements or through apprenticeship schemes where there is no real intent to impart skills or provide regular employment. Younger workers shall be given the opportunity to participate in education and training programmers.

The company accepts responsibility for observing the code with respect to all employees and workers that it supervises and agree to:

1. Assign responsibility for implementing this code at each place that it owns or controls.
   
2. Ensure that all workers are aware of the contents of the code by clearly displaying an authorized text of the code at all workplaces and by orally informing these employees in a language understood by them to provisions of the code
   
3. Refrain from disciplining, dismissing or otherwise discriminating against any employee for providing information concerning observance of this code.
   
4. Sign a working contract with every employee.