Definitions 定义
Astm E2238-12 standard Guide for Evacuation Route Diagrams: a standard intended to provide
minimum guidelines for the design and placement of evacuation route diagrams (erds) used in buildings
it covers the evacuation of building occupants when directed by emergency response authorities in
emergencies such as fire, earthquake, and bomb threat.
Basic Needs: Basic needs include essential expenses such as food, clean water, clothes, shelter,
transport, education and some discretionary income, as well as the workers’ costs for legally
required social benefits if applicable (e g health care, medical insurance, unemployment insurance,
retirement plan, etc )
Base Wage: Base wage is a remuneration received for a given work period, as an hour, week or month,
and which does not exceed the basic work hours established by law (for example for 40 hours in the us
and in China, 48 hours in Bangladesh) but not including additional pay, such as for overtime work,
production bonuses, transportation or living allowances not required to be paid
Blacklisting: Creating, maintaining, using and/ or communicating lists of employees or potential
employees for the purpose of denying employment or other penalty based on legally protected status
or non-job related criteria.
Bloodborne Pathogens: Pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human bodily fluids and can cause
disease in humans these pathogens include, but are not limited to, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Bonded Labor: Workers who are indebted to labor brokers/agencies or companies through such practices
as charging recruitment fees, transportation and living arrangement expenses and which usually garnish
most, if not all of their wages
Boundary Line: the property line as defined by the factory’s business licensee and/or anything under a
factory owner’s legal control in the respective location bribery: any offer to, and acceptance by, any
of PVH associates or its affiliates’ associates of money, gifts, travel or entertainment or other
consideration that is intended to or may be construed as an inducement to act (whether by commission
or omission) in any manner is strictly prohibited
Corrective Action Plan (CAP): a written corrective action plan which details a factory’s action items
for improvement, the person responsible for monitoring the factory’s implementation of such action items
and a timetable for completing those items.
Child Labor: employees of our business partners must be at least 15 years old or over the age required for
completion of compulsory education in the country of manufacture, whichever is higher our business partners
are also required to observe all legal requirements for the work of authorized minors, including those
pertaining to hours of work, wages, work type and working conditions.