As an affiliate of the Fair Labor Association, we have adopted the Workplace Code of Conduct and compliance benchmarks. The Code is visibly posted in the local language at all factories making Colosseum products.
COLOSSEUM CODE OF CONDUCT
STANDARDS: CAC suppliers and their contractors must operate workplaces that adhere to the following minimum standards and practices. In addition, CAC suppliers and their contractors must comply, at a minimum, with all applicable legal requirements of the country in which products are manufactured. Where this Code and the applicable laws of the country of manufacture conflict or differ, the higher standard shall prevail.
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP: Employers shall adopt and adhere to rules and conditions of employment that respect workers and, at a minimum, safeguard their rights under national and international labor and social security laws and regulations.
NONDISCRIMINATION: No person shall be subject to any discrimination in employment, including hiring, compensation, advancement, discipline, termination or retirement, on the basis of gender, race, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, political opinion, social group or ethnic origin.
HARASSMENT OR ABUSE: Every employee shall be treated with respect and dignity. No employee shall be subject to any physical, sexual, psychological or verbal harassment or abuse.
FORCED LABOR: There shall be no use of forced labor, including prison labor, indentured labor, bonded labor or other forms of forced labor.
CHILD LABOR: No person shall be employed under the age of 15 or under the age for completion of compulsory education, whichever is higher.
FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: Employers shall recognize and respect the right of employees to freedom of association and collective bargaining.
HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENT: Employers shall provide a safe and healthy workplace setting to prevent accidents and injury to health arising out of, linked with, or occurring in the course of work or as a result of the operation of employers’ facilities. Employers shall adopt responsible measures to mitigate negative impacts that the workplace has on the environment.
HOURS OF WORK: Employers shall not require workers to work more than the regular and overtime hours allowed by the law of the country where the workers are employed. The regular work week shall not exceed 48 hours. Employers shall allow workers at least 24 consecutive hours of rest in every seven-day period. All overtime work shall be consensual. Employers shall not request overtime on a regular basis and shall compensate all overtime work at a premium rate. Other than in exceptional circumstances, the sum of regular and overtime hours in a week shall not exceed 60 hours.
COMPENSATION: Every worker has a right to compensation for a regular work week that is sufficient to meet the worker’s basic needs and provide some discretionary income. Employers shall pay at least the minimum wage or the appropriate prevailing wage, whichever is higher, comply with all legal requirements on wages, and provide any benefits required by law or contract. Where compensation does not meet workers’ basic needs and provide some discretionary income, each employer shall work with the FLA to take appropriate actions that seek to progressively realize a level of compensation that does.
Code of Conduct Violation Claims
If any Colosseum employee, factory worker, supervisor, manager, or a member of the public feels rights have been violated per the above-listed code, claims addressing such instances should be directed to Colosseum Athletics at the following:
Please note that this is a completely secure and confidential reporting channel. No person shall be punished or prejudiced for using it.
Monitoring of Supply Chain
Colosseum assesses 100% of its Tier 1 sewing and Tier 2 logo embellishment facilities, either through our own internal audits, FLA's verification assessments, a review of audits already conducted at the facility, or through special projects and capacity building. We use the FLA Workplace Code of Conduct and accompanying compliance benchmarks as the basis for these assessments. When violations of the Code of Conduct and benchmarks are found, we work with the factories to determine root causes and address through sustainable remediation. We encourage continuous improvement, realizing that no facility is perfect and some violations are more challenging to remediate than others.
The link below highlights key performance indicators (KPIs) that provide a snapshot of compliance in our supply chain with a year-over-year comparison from 2020 to 2022. The number of audits, noncompliances, and % of completed remediation reflect only audits conducted by Colosseum or FLA in each respective year.