Brand Commissioned Investigations Tracking Chart

Brand-commissioned investigations can be used to address situations where there is a perceived need to investigate a potentially serious violation of worker rights and carry out remediation when a formal Third Party Complaint has not been filed or is not appropriate. The standards of independent investigations, remediation, and transparency are applied in the application of all Fair Labor Investigations measures.

The Brand-Commissioned Investigation process has four steps: 

• Step 1: FLA receives a request from an FLA member or affiliate to investigate a potential workers’ rights violation and makes a preliminary assessment.
• Step 2: FLA makes the investigation public.
• Step 3: FLA retains an external expert to conduct an independent investigation.
• Step 4: FLA and the member or affiliate agree to a remediation plan, which includes specific corrective action steps.