Hospitality and housekeeping firm and ETI member, WGC, has introduced a ban on the use of zero-hours contracts in a move that will give more than 5,000 workers the opportunity to move to guaranteed minimum hour contracts.
Forced labour is a symptom of a wider malaise facing workers in global supply chains. Governance gaps and skewed business structures are exacerbating inequality and must be tackled for workers to be properly protected.
With poor access to education and healthcare, there's no overnight fix to child labour in India's stone sector. Bram Callewier of Beltrami gives a candid account of their efforts to tackle the problem.