Indicator 3.6.2

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Indicator 3.6.2

by Contact on 8 October 2026

Requirement

The UoC shall allow all employees to engage in collective bargaining. An exception applies where this is restricted by applicable law, in which case the UoC shall allow alternative lawful mechanisms for employee engagement.

How Do I Interpret This Requirement?

  • Collective bargaining:

    • is a voluntary negotiation between employers and workers organisations to establish the terms and conditions of employment by means of written collective agreements

    • aims to reach a collective agreement, however, if bargaining is undertaken in good faith but an agreement cannot be reached, this may still comply with the requirement

    • includes mutually agreed conditions that may be beneficial to workers and/or the management, for example, collective bargaining may mean that workers are:

      • paid a higher wage other than the minimum prescribed by law

      • work a different shift pattern that both workers and management agree is more appropriate to their context.

  • Allowing employees to engage in this process includes ensuring that they understand:

    • what collective bargaining is

    • that they have the right to engage in it.

    • Ensuring employees understand this can form part of training on the human rights policy (Indicator 3.1.4).

    • The term ‘lawful mechanism’ means a legal process.

    • In countries where collective bargaining is restricted by law, the management must allow workers to have parallel means to engage in discussion and negotiation between employees and employers.

Evidence of Implementation

  • documents, records or other evidence that show how sites have informed their employees that they are free to bargain collectively, such as:

    • employee contract

    • employee handbook

    • training records

    • written policy

    • displayed information on the site

    • any collective bargaining agreements that are in place

    • meeting minutes of collective bargaining negotiations.

Auditors Should Confirm

  • documents, records or other evidence allow for verifying that sites have informed their employees that they are free to bargain collectively;

  • any collective bargaining agreements in place are being followed;

  • employees’ awareness and knowledge of their right to bargain collectively;