THE VIOLATIONS OF ELIMINATION OF CHILD LABOUR

PROGRAMME & THEIR PUNITIVE ACTIONS

 

The offences, which are committed by the manufacturers, participating in the child labour elimination programme, have been categorized into two degrees. These degrees along with their description are as follows:

 

1)      Acute Offences. These are those offences, the committing of only one of which can make a manufacturer relegated from category “A” to “C”. The detail of these offences along with their proposed punitive actions is as follows:

 

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OFFENCES

PUNITIVE ACTIONS

1

Some child labour found at work place of a manufacturer.

 

The manufacturer should be asked to clarify his position & if the response is unsatisfactory, he should immediately be relegated to category “C”.

2

A child is found working for a member manufacturer at an unregistered place.

The matter should be investigated thoroughly & the m/f should be asked to take action against those responsible for this act within specified time. If he fails to do so, his category should be lowered.

3

A manufacturer deliberately tries to evade monitoring by sending material outside of district Sialkot to far off areas, which are not covered under the monitoring net.

The manufacturer should be given a chance to explain his position & in case of unsatisfactory response he should be relegated to lower category.

4

A manufacturer is continuously found violating the provisions of the programme deliberately & knowingly.

The manufacturer should be given a time not exceeding two months during which he should be kept under close observation. If he is still found violating the provisions of the programme deliberately, his category should be lowered immediately.

5

No stitching centre of a manufacturer is registered with the Independent Monitoring Association for Child Labour (IMAC), but we come to know that that manufacturer has an order & he is getting the work done at unregistered places.

Fifteen days notice to revise complete information & if situation doesn’t improve, he should be relegated to lowest category.

 

2)      Major Offences. These are the offences, the committing of any one of which can cause the relegation of a manufacturer from category “A” to a lower category “B” or “C” depending on the gravity of the offence. ”. The detail of these offences along with their proposed punitive actions is as follows:

 

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OFFENCES

PUNITIVE ACTIONS

1

Excessive un-registered stitching activities of a manufacturer are often found during monitoring.

The m/f’s involvement in the matter should be investigated & if it is found that these activities are being carried out with his consent, his category should be lowered.

2

A participating manufacturer not printing the IMAC ID-Code allotted to their company on any brand or quality they are producing.

The m/f should be asked to print it on every ball with a warning that if he continues with the same practice after a given time his category should be lowered.

3

A manufacturer does not respond to the queries of IMAC promptly & sometimes does not respond even after a reminder.

The m/f should be kept under observation for a period of three months during which continuous reminders at an interval of 15 days should be sent. If the situation remains the same, his category should be lowered.

4

If a proof is found that a participating manufacturers has instructed his sub-contractor’s/ maker’s to get the balls stitched from anywhere outside the stitching centre.

After thorough investigation of the matter, if the m/f proves to be guilty his category should be lowered.

5

The internal monitoring system of a manufacturer is weak & he does not make efforts to improve it.

An effort should be made to guide him to do so & if he fails to improve it or doesn’t show any interest, his category should be lowered.

6

There is more than 30% upward variation between the internal & external information of a manufacturer especially with reference to his stitching capacity. 

The m/f should be asked to clarify his position & if the answer is found unsatisfactory he should be penalized in the form of lowering of his category.