Human Rights Protection
Human Rights Commitment
The Company complies with the principles specified in the international human rights covenants of the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, “United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”, “ILO Convention”, and “United Kingdom Modern Slavery Act”, etc., and also fulfills the responsibilities specified by the “Responsible Business Alliance (RBA)” and respects internationally accepted basic human rights, including prohibition of human trafficking and child labor, elimination of all forms of labor exploitation, forced labor, recruitment and employment discrimination, and prevention of workplace violence, etc. Meanwhile, the company also establishes the regulations and rules governing employees’ rights and obligations, including the “Declaration of Employment Policy”, “Child Labor Remedy, Protection of Underage Labor and Female Labor Standard” and “Free Labor to Choose Jobs, Humane Treatment, Non-discrimination Management Standards” in accordance with the labor laws and regulations of the places where it operates, and updates the same in a timely manner in response to policy amendments, if any.
To allow employees to understand legitimate labor human rights, the Company includes human rights education as one of the required training courses for all employees. The teaching materials are prepared uniformly, and the content includes the Code of Conduct specified by the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA). The training course is required for new employees, and the Company also arranges all employees to participate in re-training annually, in order to increase employees’ awareness on human rights management.
Communication and Complaint Filing Mechanism
MiTAC has established the complaint filing and handling procedure. For all types of illegal, unethical conducts or violation against the regulations of the Company, and all types of unreasonable and unfair conditions or treatments to individual’s rights and interests, employees may file complaints through an employee feedback box at the office area, hotlines and the “SpeakOut” email box. All complaint cases are received by the accepting unit for forwarding to relevant issue responsible unit. Furthermore, depending upon the issue content, responsible unit also communicates with the employees involved, and the entire handling process is kept confidential.
Human Rights Due Diligence Process
In accordance with relevant United Nations and international human rights topics, MiTAC identifies human rights risk topics related to stakeholders, and comprehensive assessment is also conducted according to the occurrence probability and impact level of human rights risks, thereby identifying human rights risks and implementing risk mitigation and remedial actions.