Social Pillar ESG
Social Pillar: The Social Pillar of ESG sets out legally binding expectations of how an organisation manages relationships with its workforce, supply chains, communities, consumers and end users.
It promotes equality and fairness in the workplace. It places greater obligations on employers and requires meaningful implementation of equality and fairness in the workplace. Key employment features include working conditions, equal treatment and opportunities, pay transparency, health and safety, workforce profiles, due diligence in upstream and downstream supply chains regarding forced labour, child labour, human trafficking and dangerous working environments.
Our employment team has direct experience in advising employers on a range of existing compliance obligations including Whistleblowing policies, pay transparency, health and safety requirements, anti-slavery obligations, workplace policies and procedures, and Gender Pay Gap reporting, which are in scope of ESG.
ESG applies to all day-to-day employment operational activities from recruitment to training and from promotion to pay practices as well as the workforce as a whole in relation to workforce profile, work-life balance, working time arrangements and fair pay.
Employers must take proactive steps to ensure all existing policies are compliant.
We can provide support and assistance in the following areas:
- Workplace policies
- Gender Pay Gap hub
- Pay Transparency Directive
- Whistleblowing procedures and training for corporations
- Diversity and Inclusion plans
- Health and Safety assessments
- Employment Equality disputes and litigation
