Policy against Forced/ Bonded Labour

(Created 2021)
Purpose
Lovely Professional University is committed towards providing a work environment that ensures every employee is treated with dignity and respect and given unbiased treatment.
The University does not employ any person below the age of eighteen years at the workplace and prohibits the use of forced or compulsory labour in the entire campus. No employee is made to work against his/her will or work as bonded/forced labour, or subject to coercion of any type related to work. The University strictly prohibits modern slavery and any of its related practices which may include but is not limited to forced labour, bonded labour, child labour, human trafficking etc.
Scope
This policy applies to all categories of staff of the company including management and workmen, apprentices, staff on contract and third parties, engaging in work at the campus.
Objectives
1. To ensure that staff working in the University are doing so voluntary and are not engaged with the use of forced labour, bonded labour, child labour, human trafficking etc.
2. To advice and ensure that the sub contactors/vendors do not engage in any form of forced labour, bonded labour, child labour, human trafficking etc.
3. Staff members shall have the right to leave the workplace premises after completing the standard workday and shall be free to terminate their employment provided that they give reasonable notice to the University, as per policy so specified.
4. All employees should be well informed of the terms of their employment i.e. job description, hours of work etc. once inducted.
Implementation

This policy is available in all offices of the University and on the University’s website. Concerned Heads of Schools/ Division communicate the same to all staff and the same in taken up in the induction programme as well. The implementation of the policy is the responsibility of the Division of Human Resource.
Staff joining forms, identification proofs and other records, documenting all relevant details of the employees, including age, are maintained in the University, open to verification by authorized personnel or relevant statutory body.