Indicator 3.7.2

While the ASC Farm Standard requires that all employees working at the UoC are employed through contracts with agreed upon terms and conditions, and fair wages, ASC recognises that:
- some sites are small businesses that are run with the support of close family members
- where businesses are supported by family members, it is not always possible to contract and pay those family members in the usual practice outlined in the ASC Farm Standard.
This indicator allows for small sites to receive help in operating the business from close family members in a more informal manner and in exchange for some compensation or benefits. These can include:
- payment in money
- payment in kind (exchange of goods or other services)
- a share of the profits of the business.
- The compensation or benefits is proportional to the productivity or profit of the site, implies fair compensation for the work given.
- Family members is defined as first or second-degree blood relatives, or those adopted.
  - First-degree blood relative is someone’s:
    
    parent
    
    sibling
    
    child.
  - Second-degree blood relative is someone’s:
    
    grandparent
    
    grandchild
    
    uncle or aunt
    
    niece or nephew
    
    cousin.

agreement with the family member about work, working conditions, compensation and benefits
evidence of first or second-degree blood relative of the owner or spouse of the owner.

everyone working at the UoC understands their role and how they are compensated;
everyone working at the UoC is fairly compensated for their work;
everyone working at the UoC is either an employee with a contract or a first or second-degree blood relative of the owner or spouse of the owner.