PSSI REMEDIATION STEPS TO ENFORCE ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY AGAINST EMPLOYING ANYONE UNDER AGE 18
PSSI解决了一个美国.S. Department of Labor (DOL) inquiry which emerged in October 2022 regarding allegations that some of its locations employed underage workers. We have been crystal clear from the start: PSSI has a zero-tolerance policy against employing anyone under the age of 18, and fully shares the DOL’s objective of ensuring full compliance at all locations.
近二十年来, we have run every single new hire through the Federal Government’s own recommended e - verify系统 系统确认他们的就业授权-旁边 DHS IMAGE最佳实践 and a $10 million investment in biometric identity verification – so the only way these procedures could be circumvented is through deliberate identity theft or fraud at a local plant. Regardless of the reason they occurred, however, it is our responsibility to address the problem
1. PSSI retained one of the most highly decorated former officers in the history of U.S. 海关及边境巡逻队, to provide additional identity theft training to PSSI’s 合规 and Human 资源 team on how to detect and identify fraudulent documents to minimize the risk of identity theft circumventing its compliance program.
2. PSSI conducted extensive additional internal reviews of its workforce to help ensure that no one under the age of 18 is working for the company today.
3. PSSI聘请了一位 新的世界级CEO, Ecolab’s Tim Mulhere, as it continues driving these remediation steps moving forward.
4. PSSI launched a charitable fund with an initial $10 million commitment dedicated to enhancing the well-being of children in the communities we serve and helping reduce the prevalence of the 日益严峻的问题 非法雇佣未成年工人 无人陪伴的未成年人进入美国的人数创历史新高.
5. 作为司法部和解协议的一部分, PSSI engaged an independent third-party consultant – who is a 26-year DOL veteran and former District-head responsible for enforcing child labor and wage/hour laws – to conduct monthly, 未事先通知的设施访问, 在顾问选定的设施, 监督PSSI对童工法的持续遵守情况.
6. PSSI的董事会聘请了一家独立的第三方律师事务所, ArentFox希夫, to review and make recommendations to bolster PSSI’s compliance policies and procedures.
7. PSSI hired an external compliance consultant to help strengthen its compliance department, and to assist the Company in hiring substantial additional new compliance personnel.
8. PSSI conducted company-wide training for all managers on its prohibition of minor employment and has made clear that managers or supervisors who hire, or who are aware of instances of minor employment but do not take immediate action, 会在零容忍的基础上被终止吗. The training required an acknowledgment of receipt and will be incorporated into the onboarding process for all managers and supervisors on a going-forward basis.
9. PSSI推出了“See Something”, “说点什么”的活动, 概述了公司对童工的绝对禁止, and the team members’ duty to speak up if they see anything suspicious relating to a team member’s age warranting further investigation. PSSI recommunicated information to all team members on how they can anonymously report any concerns, 包括与年龄有关的问题, 转到免费热线.
10. PSSI sent communications to school districts in every single community we serve asking that they contact us immediately if they know or have reason to believe that one of their students is working for PSSI so we can swiftly remove them from employment. We firmly believe that anyone under the age of 18 should be in school and not in work in environments such as ours.
11. PSSI reiterated its policy to conduct ongoing age verification audits at 100% of its worksites, 利用现场管理人员的面对面目视检查, 以及PSSI公司合规团队对生物识别照片的审查.
12. PSSI is enhancing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and workflows to assist the on-the-ground team with identity verification and investigations.
13. To further our commitment to our zero-tolerance policy against employing anyone under the age of 18, mg线上电子游戏制作了一张“未成年人不得入内”的海报，张贴在mg线上电子游戏服务的每个工厂.
14. PSSI is undertaking a review to identify additional technologies it can leverage as part of its background screening of new hires prior to their first day in the facilities they serve.
15. PSSI has implemented a new Anti-Human Trafficking policy and required training for all team members leveraging the government’s Blue Campaign which is a national public awareness campaign designed to educate on the indicators of human trafficking and how to appropriately respond to possible cases. mg线上电子游戏还制作了海报和讲义，并将其分享给mg线上电子游戏服务的所有地点.
16. PSSI introduced a required training for all hiring managers called “Child Labor in Sanitation and Meat Processing Industry.” This training will provide information around Child Labor and the Fair Labor Standard Act (FSLA); Information and Understanding of PSSI’s Zero tolerance policy as well as Hazardous Occupations within the Sanitation and Meat Processing Industry.
