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Updates to WRAP Policies(Time:2010-03-23 17:14:00)
Effective July 1, 2008 on wards, WRAP will be making the following updates to its policies:
1) Record review periods –Currently, for new facilities, we require a review of records going back only 45 days prior to the date of the audit. We are now increasing this period to 90 days.
Note that the 45 day period with regards to time elapsed before a follow-up visit check on a corrective action will remain the same. Further, the 90 day requirement will relate only to the record review for facilities applying for their first WRAP certification. Re-cert applicants will be subject to the full prior year review, as before.
Therefore, factories applying for their first WRAP certificated that are audited after July 1, 2008 will need to have 90 days worth of records reviewed.
2) Issuance of C level certificates – WRAP has a detailed policy already posted on our website click hereand in the new handbook. We are enhancing that policy as follows: Any factory that, during any stage of the audit (initial, recert, follow-up), cannot fully demonstrate complete and accurate records for wages and work hours (including overtime), will automatically receive a C level cert. This means that any violations of Principles 5 & 6 where our monitors indicate issues with record keeping, or cannot verify them due to inconsistencies, will result in a C certificate at the time of certification (i.e., either when the facility eventually passes the audit, or requests one under the current policy).
3) Hours of Work –Starting with certificates issued for audits conducted after July 1, we will be listing on our certificates information about the average weekly hours and the maximum weekly hours worked for the sample covered during the period that was reviewed. Thus, the certificate will have a small box on it that says:
Period reviewed - [date] to [date]
Average weekly hours worked - A hours
Maximum weekly hours worked - B hours (X instances in Y weeks)
