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In the context of integration, nowadays, international customers have increasingly desired to have effective measures to assess the working conditions of their suppliers. At the same time, factories have also proactively sought evaluation methods and compared themselves with their competitors in meeting the standards of social responsibility.
WCA Evaluation Program – Working conditions
What is WCA? In English, WCA stands for Workplace Condition Assessment
If you are learning about WCA, the following pack of documents is necessary for you to learn and apply WCA: Pack of documents, Forms, Checklist WCA. KNA offers you it: Here.
The Workplace Conditions Assessment Program (WCA) provides a useful, cost-effective solution for business and production units who are longing for improving working conditions, contributing to the compliance with current standards in the industry and good manufacturing practices.
The WCA is part of The Global Social Compliance Programme (GSCP). This is an internationally recognized retail association.
Designed on the web, the WCA program is built from Intertek's deep knowledge and understanding of social responsibility. The WCA program is a perfect tool for assessing, comparing and controlling factory working conditions. The WCA program provides an effective working mechanism, which helps the plant's continuous improvement through targeted pre-audit and measures to handle outstanding issues.
Content of the WCA program:
The content of the WCA assessment program consists of 5 main parts:
Category |
Content |
Labor |
1.1 Child labor issues 1.2 Status of forced labor 1.3 The issue of discrimination 1.4 Abuse, Harassment and Discipline 1.5 The issue of freedom of association 1.6 Labor contract |
Wages and Hours |
2.1. Time and working hours issues 2.2. Wages and other social welfare issues. |
Health and Safety |
3.1 Issues of general working conditions at the facility 3.2 Preparation for emergency situations. 3.3 Accidents and occupational injuries 3.4 Safety of machines 3.5 Safety of hazardous substances 3.6 Problems of using Chemicals and hazardous materials 3.7 Dorm and Canteen |
Management systems |
4.1. Information management system |
Environment |
5.1 Business environment |
Benefits of the program WCA (Workplace Conditions Assessment)
WCA evaluation’s results for factories:
Once the factory registered for WCA evaluation and attained WCA certification, it is possible to share the report and certificate with any customer as an evidence of good compliance with the requirements in conducting social responsibilities and ethical business.
Pre-auditation process for WCA evaluation
To help you get deeper knowledge of KNA CERT’s pre-audit activities, we would like to send you a pre-audit process for WCA evaluation as a reference document.
Measurement results: performance is improved
To use the WCA Pre-audit and Evaluation Service - Please contact KNA Cert immediately for useful information and the best service.