Performance Standard 2

Labor and Working Conditions (2012)

For any business, its workforce is its most valuable asset. A sound worker-management relationship is key to the success of any enterprise. PS2 asks that companies treat their workers fairly, provide safe and healthy working conditions, avoid the use of child or forced labor, and identify risks in their primary supply chain.

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Labor and Working Conditions (2006)

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Performance Standard 2 Implementation Resources

• Measure & Improve Your Labor Standards Performance: Performance Standard 2 Handbook for Labor and Working Conditions
• Workers' Accommodation: Processes and Standards
• Stakeholder Engagement: A Good Practice Handbook for Companies Doing Business in Emerging Markets
• Good Practice Note: Non-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity
• Good Practice Note: Managing Retrenchment
• Good Practice Note: Addressing the Social Dimensions of Private Sector Projects
• Good Practice Note: Addressing Child Labor in the Workplace and Supply Chain

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Full Documents

2012 Performance Standards

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2012 Guidance Notes

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2006 Performance Standards

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2006 Guidance Notes

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Interpretation Notes

• Interpretation Note on Environmental and Social Categorization
• Interpretation Note on Financial Intermediaries
• Interpretation Note on Small and Medium Enterprises and Environmental and Social Risk Management

World Bank Group Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines

Pre-2006 Versions

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