About Building Responsibly Guidance Notes

The Building Responsibly Guidance Notes are a set of instructions for the practical application of the Worker Welfare Principles. They offer a discussion around the potential issues and challenges faced by the industry on each principle and suggest good practice options for their implementation.

The Guidance Notes have been informed by multiple consultations with external stakeholders and provide basic expectations for construction companies dealing with worker welfare issues. They represent first major effort by engineering and construction companies to establish a common, global baseline for the treatment of workers:

• Principle 1 Guidance Note: Workers Are Treated with Dignity, Respect, and Fairness

• Principle 2 Guidance Note: Workers Are Free from Forced, Trafficked, and Child Labor

• Principle 3 Guidance Note: Recruitment Practices Are Ethical, Legal, Voluntary, and Free from Discrimination

• Principle 4 Guidance Note: Freedom to Change Employment Is Respected

• Principle 5 Guidance Note: Working Conditions Are Safe and Healthy

• Principle 6 Guidance Note: Living Conditions Are Safe, Clean, and Habitable

• Principle 7 Guidance Note: Access to Documentation and Mobility Is Unrestricted

• Principle 8 Guidance Note: Wage and Benefit Agreements Are Respected

• Principle 9 Guidance Note: Worker Representation Is Respected

• Principle 10 Guidance Note: Grievance Mechanisms and Access to Remedy Are Readily Available

Our Guidance Notes are also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Hindi, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish:

• Principle 1: Arabic / Chinese / French / Hindi / Japanese / Portuguese / Spanish

• Principle 2: Arabic / Chinese / French / Hindi / Japanese / Portuguese / Spanish

• Principle 3: Arabic / Chinese / French / Hindi / Japanese / Portuguese / Spanish

• Principle 4: Arabic / Chinese / French / Hindi / Japanese / Portuguese / Spanish

• Principle 5: Arabic / Chinese / French / Hindi / Japanese / Portuguese / Spanish

• Principle 6: Arabic / Chinese / French / Hindi / Japanese / Portuguese / Spanish

• Principle 7: Arabic / Chinese / French / Hindi / Japanese / Portuguese / Spanish

• Principle 8: Arabic / Chinese / French / Hindi / Japanese / Portuguese / Spanish

• Principle 9: Arabic / Chinese / French / Hindi / Japanese / Portuguese / Spanish

• Principle 10: Arabic / Chinese / French / Hindi / Japanese / Portuguese / Spanish