Country Reports

Reports: Risk Assessments, Labor Law, Issue Focus and Case Studies

Verité conducts specialized research for manufacturers, investors (both public and private, focusing on the social investment community), NGOs in the US and abroad, and trade unions on topics related to labor conditions and worker rights. Areas of research specialization:

  • Risks of sub-standard labor practices by country, region or industry
  • Corporate compliance programs, codes of conduct and vendor standards
  • Country labor law
  • Global trends in labor practices

 

Our research is based on more than a decade of work directly engaging with workers

    • We have interviewed over 20,000 workers in more than 1,400 factories in 60 countries and territories;
    • We consult and collaborate with government agencies, human rights organizations, labor unions, academic institutions, business and trade associations, and journalists in over 25 countries;
    • We research across industrial sectors - consumer products, agriculture and information technology

 

The following publications are examples of available reports:

  • Chinese Labor Law and Key Areas of Risk: A Detailed Assessment
  • The Verité Vendor Standards Guidebook<
  • Labor Assessments and Labor Law Digests: for a current list of the more than 40 reports available in this series please
  • Excessive Overtime in Chinese Supplier Factories: Causes, Impacts, and Recommendations for Action Download the report
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Protecting Overseas Workers: Strategic Perspectives on Labor Rights Among Foreign Contract Workers in Southeast Asia and the Middle East
  • Social Compliance in Information Technology: Identifying Problems and Forging Solutions in India
  • An Analysis of Chinese Labor Law vis-à-vis Core Code of Conduct Issues

Please contact us if you would like to order any of these reports or if would like to discuss individualized research.

Verité conducts customized research for companies, investors, or other entities in a number of countries.