Working Groups

The WORKING GROUPS started in 2018 with the aim of collaborating with our stakeholders in the design of sustainable solutions to the labor challenges of the industry.

Since then, different working groups have been set up to share and work on issues of interest to companies. They have developed and produced guides, tools, protocols and useful documents that can be found on this website, in order to share them with all the companies in the sector.

The groups are open to the participation of growers and importers that wish to participate.

Starting year: 2018

1. Responsible use of Labour providers

• • • Ongoing work: Checklist
    • Delivered tools: Responsible use of Labour providers Guide
    • Status: Active

2. Labour standard

• • • Ongoing work: Public consultation period
    • Delivered Tools: Forums Principles Guidelines (Available in Spanish) + Checklist (Available in Spanish)
    • Status: Active

3. Accommodation Guidelines for temporary workers

• • • Ongoing work: Evolving to circular labour migration
    • Delivered tools: Accommodation Guide + Checklist
    • Status: Stand by

Starting year: 2019

4. Communication

• • • Ongoing work: Newsletters
    • Status: Active

5. Field workers survey

• • • Ongoing work: Multicultural workers survey and pilot results + Survey questions review
    • Delivered tools: Workers voice survey questions
    • Status: Active

6. Empathy grower/customer

• • • Delivered tools: Empathy workshop guide
    • Status: Stand by

7. Anti-harassment protocol

• • • Ongoing work: Sector inequalities analysis
    • Delivered tools: Anti-harassment protocol + Equality Plans guidance
    • Status: Active

Starting year: 2020

8. Covid-19

• • • Delivered tools: 4 Covid-19 Guides
      • Covid 19 – Labour Management Aspects
      • Covid 19 – Risk Analysis and Implementation of measures for workers at agricultural companies 
      • Covid 19 – Food Safety
      • Covid 19 – Personal Protective Equipment
    • Status: Stand by

9. Workers and management representatives dialogue

• • • Delivered tool: Guide and training tools
    • Status: Active

10. Grievance mechanisms

• • • Ongoing work: Guide
    • Status: Active

11. Circular labour migration

• • • Ongoing work: Defining goals
    • Status: Active

Starting year: 2021

12. Sustainability

• • • Ongoing work: Defining goals
    • Status: Active