Human and Labor Rights

At Flextronics, our people have the greatest impact on our success. In return for their dedication, we offer a work environment in which they can learn and improve as they advance their careers and achieve their life goals.

Key Highlights

• We have invested millions of dollars to upgrade dormitories, cafeterias and safety standards across our facilities in China to provide employees with more conducive work and living environments.
• We have established extensive labor relations programs to build a work environment that fosters teamwork, facilitates learning and promotes open communication.
• We conduct regular employee communication sessions to facilitate dialogue between senior leadership and employees.
• We hold recreational, social and community service activities to improve the health and well-being of our employees.
• We have established career enhancement programs designed to facilitate employee career progression within the company.

Principles

We are committed to respecting our employees’ labor and human rights while continuously improving their working conditions through the following set of principles:

• Freely chosen employment
• Prohibitions on child labor
• Fair compensation, wages and benefits
• Respect for working hours and rest days
• Equal opportunity for all without discrimination
• Zero tolerance policies for harassment and abuse
• Empowering employees for career advancement
• Freedom of engagement with management, providing the means for employees to freely voice their concerns and opinions and to engage with management without fear of reprisals and retribution

Flextronics Leading the Way

Flextronics is a founding member of The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), a group of companies working together to create a comprehensive set of tools and methods that support collaborative implementation of the Electronics Industry Code of Conduct. This code contains best practices detailing performance, compliance, auditing and reporting guidelines across five areas of social responsibility: labor, health and safety, environmental and management systems and ethics.

The Electronics Industry Code of Conduct, paired with Flextronics' internal Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, form the foundation of Flextronics' commitment towards upholding the human and labor rights of our people.

Flextronics’ engagement with the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights (GBI), which started in 2010, further solidifies our commitment to enhance our best practices for continuous advancement in line with our commitment to build a community with respect and dignity.

GBI, a unique business-led initiative focused on advancing human rights in a business context around the world, strives to bring together corporate leaders to share good practices, while identifying barriers to the advancement of human rights and providing input for international policy developments. GBI works together with the UN Global Compact Office and is supported by the Swiss government.