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Working conditions

Core issues

Millions of workers worldwide face hazardous environments, excessive working hours, and inadequate compensation.

Living wages and fair compensation

Many workers earn below minimum wage or lack enough to cover basic needs. Fair pay and reliable practices are essential for workers’ economic security and dignity.

Health and safety

Without strong standards, monitoring, and training, workers face preventable risks—from hazardous substances to extreme heat—that threaten their health and safety on the job.

Discrimination and harassment

Discrimination and harassment fuel unsafe, unfair workplaces. Women, migrants, and minorities often face the worst tasks, lowest pay, and fewest protections.

Mental health and wellness

Excessive hours, unpredictable shifts, wage theft, and abuse leave many workers in manufacturing and agriculture facing severe mental and physical health risks.

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Strategic solutions

Verité partners with companies to identify, prevent, and address workplace health, safety, and wage violations through practical, systems-level approaches.

Human rights due diligence consulting

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We strengthen due diligence systems and processes, ensuring compliance with laws and buyer requirements on working conditions. Our approach includes benchmarking code of conduct requirements against evolving regulatory standards.

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Supplier assessment and improvement programs

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Our comprehensive workplace assessments identify and address key working conditions challenges, including working hours, wages, and health and safety. Our worker-centered approach focuses on building internal capacity and management systems.

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Country and sector-level research

We provide context-specific, actionable insights on working conditions through rigorous research, drawing on decades of experience and our global network.

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Living wage and income studies

We conduct rigorous research to determine living wage and income benchmarks, supporting companies to design equitable compensation plans and evaluate gaps between legal minimums and actual livelihood needs.

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Featured project

Senderos Project

A four‑year initiative in Mexico’s sugarcane & tobacco sectors empowering government, companies, and farmworkers to enforce labor rights, prevent child and forced labor, and improve health, safety, and grievance tools.

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