What is WCA (Workplace Condition Assessment) Audit?
WCA stands for Workplace Condition Assessment,It is an industry-agnostic and widely accepted risk-based solution in our Supply Chain Assurance suite of services. It provides an on the ground support and expertise to help companies manage Supply Chain Due Diligence specific to social and labor conditions, health & safety, environment, and business practices. WCA Is also social system certification program to improve the workplace condition. The customers who accept WCA program they also set some certain score of audits which reflects in audit report. It is becoming widely accepted standard by international customers and retail stores. WCA is also comprised on compensation, health & safety, forced labour etc. Many American and UK based customers are demanding this certification from their suppliers. Effective measures for supplier’s workplace condition evaluation being demanded by the brands and international buyers, they demand more effective way of evaluations. Proactive ways are being discovered by the factories to benchmark themselves and track progress against competitors and national standards. Significant shift has been observed towards greater transparency and the implementation tool for assessing continuous improvement.
By implementing WCA standard organization can improve its overall workplace conditions to assure the confidence & satisfaction of their customers and other stakeholders. Factory can get the certificate after successful certification audit but it is the score-based certification and certificate is issued if any factory meets the minimum score in audit which is required to get the certificate issued as well as customers has also set the acceptable score against the audit.
WCA is the voluntary certification program and is suitable for any organization i.e. large, medium and small considering improvement in its ethical practices and sustainability to meet the expectations of all stakeholders. WCA audit is performed against the requirements of WCA standard which assures safe, legal, ethical & secure manufacturing process.
If any supplier organization is certified on WCA, that certificate and audit report can be shared with multiple customers rather than having different audit conducted for each customer if the customer accept the overall percentage of audit result as WCA audit report reflect the percentage against each improvement area that make overall percentage. WCA certification is the pre-request to start business relationship with customers and retail stores. MostlyInternational customers waive their own social audit of factory on behalf of WCA certificate.
What are the Assessment areas of WCA (Workplace Condition Assessment) Audit?
- Labor – Child labor, forced labor, discrimination, discipline, harassment and abuse, workers’ freedom of association and labor contract.
- Health & Safety – Overall work environment facilities, emergency response capabilities, work injuries, mechanical operation safety, potential work space crisis, chemical hazardous substances, accommodation environment and canteen facilities.
- Wages & Hours – Remuneration and benefits, working hours.
- Management System – Document and record keeping, worker feedback and participation, review and improvement measures.
- Environment – Compliance with regulatory requirements, environmental management systems, waste and gas emissions.
What are the Benefits of WCA Audit?
- Improved work conditions for a more content, healthier and productive workforce.
- Better decision-making support based on real-time data and knowledge management.
- Good corporate governance and 5preferred supplier” status for implementing a programthat is in full accordance with industry best practices.
- Improved confidence in partnerships with suppliers through greater transparency andtrust.
- Reduction in excessive auditing and duplication (audit fatigue).
- Suppliers to showcase progress with a record of Achievement Award.
- Develop complete Social Management System.
- Compliance with International and national regulations.
- Build strong relation with customers.
- Get new business opportunities from international customers.
- Improve traceability.
- Improve social performance.
Why Choose Us for WCA (Workplace Condition Assessment) Audit?
IKON COMPLIANCE CONSULTANT team can guide you about the certification process and help you to achieve WCA Certification, a widely recognized audit methodology that covers labor rights, health and safety, environmental performance, Wages & hours, and Management system. We can also assist you in achieving WCA certification.