Vendor Code of Conduct
The TJX Companies, Inc. requires that all products offered for sale in our stores be produced in facilities that meet specific criteria, as set forth below:
Compliance With Applicable Laws and Regulations
Our vendors and the factories in which the merchandise they sell us is manufactured (collectively, our "vendors") must comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to all environmental laws and regulations, and all laws, regulations and internationally adopted restrictions concerning bribery and corruption.
Health and Safety
Our vendors must provide their workers with a safe and healthy workplace and safe working conditions.
Child Labor
Our vendors must not use child labor. The term "child" will be governed by the national law of the country in which the production is being conducted, including laws defining the age for completing compulsory education. If the laws of that country do not provide a definition or if the definition includes individuals below the age of 14, we define a "child" to be anyone below 14 years of age.
Forced Labor
Our vendors must not use forced labor, whether in the form of prison labor, indentured labor, bonded labor, or otherwise.
Wages and Benefits
Our vendors must abide with all applicable laws relating to wages and benefits, and must pay the legally prescribed minimum wage or the prevailing industry wage, whichever is higher.
Working Hours
Our vendors must not require their employees, on a regularly-scheduled basis, to work in excess of 60 hours per week (or fewer hours if prescribed by applicable laws and regulations). All overtime must be voluntary and must be fully compensated in accordance with the requirements of local law, and except in extraordinary circumstances, employees must be entitled to at least one day of rest in every seven-day period.
Harassment or Abuse
Our vendors must respect the rights and dignity of their employees. We will not tolerate human rights abuses, including physical, sexual, psychological or verbal harassment or abuse of workers.
Discrimination
Workers must be employed, retained and compensated based on their ability to perform their jobs, and must not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, race, color, national origin, religious, ethnic or cultural beliefs, age, or any other prohibited basis.
Freedom of Association
Our vendors must respect the rights of their workers to choose (or choose not) to freely associate and to bargain collectively where such rights are recognized by law.