Foreign migrant workers

In 2014, we became the first IT company to require direct employment of foreign migrant workers in our supply chain through the HP Foreign Migrant Worker Standard.In addition to requiring direct employment, the standard reinforced the rights of workers to retain their passports and personal documentation and prohibited worker-paid recruitment fees. We developed the new standard in consultation with Verité, an international nonprofit that promotes safe, fair, and legal working conditions.

The standard marks a major step forward in the protection of foreign migrant workers in our supply chain and we are now focused on ensuring that the new protections are realized. Specialized forced labor assessments and regular monitoring will confirm supplier conformance. Suppliers that do not meet our requirements must correct their practices with urgency or risk losing our business. Learn more.