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This applies even if workers are supplied through labour providers, agents or gangmasters. They are required to check that all workers have a right to work in a particular country and are of legal working age. We expect our suppliers to engage their workers in line with legal requirements. Our suppliers must have in place established and comprehensive management systems, as this is key to ensuring they are capable of complying with all legal and relevant M&S obligations. Within our supply chain, we require that all workers are paid at least the national minimum wage. Overtime work should always be compensated at a premium rate, and where piece work is used, suppliers must be able to demonstrate that the minimum wage is always met, For all areas identified as higher risk, we review the programmes in place to understand where further activity is needed to mitigate this risk. Once we have the above information on territory, product and mitigating activities in place, we evaluate the overall level of risk.

the movement of refugees following crises in Ukraine.

Brexit and shortages of low-skilled labour.

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

Rising social inequality as a result of Covid-19.

In addition, we have identified several global issues as priority areas, and we will continue to monitor and review activity in relation to:

information received through our memberships including Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) and FNET.

the Food Network for Ethical Trade (FNET) product-specific risk assessment to drill down to the specific ingredients and raw materials per country to identify if material to M&S.information and intelligence from our projects on the ground, and impact assessments we may carry out.the SEDEX Radar portal to understand country-level human rights-related risks.To identify the countries with the highest risk, we use the following sources of information: As part of our risk assessment process for our supply chains, we map our exposure to high-risk areas with systemic risks in the areas of governance, security, human rights, or environmental challenges.

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