Pou Chen Group as a member of Fair Labor Association (FLA), by actively participating in various projects and upholding FLA’s participating suppliers’ obligations, is devoted to work with FLA and support related industry initiatives. Over 20-year history the FLA and its affiliates have made a commitment to ensuring that workers receive fair compensation. In 2016, the FLA published global wage report that aggregates data and establishes collective understanding of high risk regions and continued to engage with its stakeholders—buyers, suppliers, labor rights organizations, and universities—to improve workers’ compensation. During 2018, the FLA provided wage data collection and analysis tools and dashboard and held internal communications to keep all members informed of approaches and implementation directions. In 2020, the FLA established fair compensation strategy, encouraged members to conduct data collection and analysis, and helped companies to develop actionable blueprints and to publish the commitment to fair compensation
In September, 2021, the FLA has been awarded as a 2021 Classy Awards winner for its living wage efforts for garment workers. The award honors FLA's fair compensation tools and dashboard as an innovative solution to one of the world's most pressing social problems. Currently, fifty-one of the largest global fashion companies are using these innovative tools to measure living wage progress and improve worker wages and quality of life.
《FLA Fair Compensation Project》
- The definition of living wage: To ensure that workers are able to afford decent housing, meet the basic needs of themselves and their families, and accumulate some savings — all without working overtime. (Richard and Martha Anker, co-founders of the Global Living Wage Coalition)
- Project Strategy: The FLA and its affiliates actively create and communicate expectations and structures that enable workers to earn fair compensation, supported by the FLA’s tools, guidance, and collaborative community.
《2021 Classy Awards Introduction》
