Ethical employment for small businesses
A free virtual talk on ethical employment and legal considerations, particularly for small fashion businesses.
Hosted by the Sustainable Fashion Collective in collaboration with WageIndicator.
Wednesday 17 May 2023 14:00 - 14:45 CEST || Online
Registration for the event can be done through Eventbright. Once you have registered, the Zoom link and password to join the session will be emailed to you a few days before the event. This talk has a limited capacity, and entry will be provided on a ‘first come, first served’ basis, so please arrive early. The video will be recorded and available for replays for Professional Members of The Sustainable Fashion Collective.
About this event
Modern-day slavery still exists in the $30 billion global fashion industry. Beneath the glamorous top layer lies murky depths of broken labour laws, poor worker conditions, and staggeringly low wages.
This free session hosted by The Sustainable Fashion Collective will focus on WageIndictor's work improving working conditions and wages in the garment industry. We will talk about:
- Supporting brands to implement living wages throughout their supply chain
- Assessing compliance with labour laws in garment factories and workers' perspectives on working conditions through our DecentWorkCheck survey and WorkerPriorityPolls.
- Strengthening social dialogues and collective bargaining processes by making them data- and worker-driven.
- How WageIndicator tools can help brands improve working conditions in their supply chains and comply with the upcoming EU
- Directive on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector.
- The DecentWorkCheck and WorkerPriorityPolls from work in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
A Q&A portion at the end of the session will ensure that you leave with a better understanding of ethical employment and how to apply these learnings to a small, sustainable fashion business.
The WageIndicator Foundation was launched in 2000 and has grown to a worldwide organisation that collects, analyses and shares information on Earned Wages, Minimum Wages, Living Wages, Labour Laws, Gig and Platform Work, and Collective Agreements. Its mission is to ensure more labour market transparency for workers, employers, and policy-makers worldwide, advocating that all workers earn a fair wage under good conditions.
ABOUT THE HOST:
Charlie Bradley Ross (Director, Offset Warehouse & The Sustainable Fashion Collective)
Charlie is the Director of The Sustainable Fashion Collective, a holistic guidance and expert advice platform for responsible fashion and creative design entrepreneurs. The Sustainable Fashion Collective offers free membership with access to resources and events as well as a community of like-minded business owners – join here: https://www.the-sustainable-fashion-collective.com/join.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Fiona Dragstra (General Director, WageIndicator).
As General Director of WageIndicator, Fiona Dragstra spearheads the organisation's strategic goals and ensures the global online team remains strong and happy. She is actively involved in the implementation projects in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
Before joining WageIndicator in 2022, she worked on research projects on social youth movements across Africa and within a human rights and environmental justice organisation focusing on the negative effects of oil and gas, mining and large-scale plantations on communities and the environment in the African continent.