Home » Corporate social responsibility » Corporate practices » Zara: a case of child work revives the question of the respect of good behavior codes Zara: a case of child work revives the question of the respect of good behavior codes Following the report published by the Portuguese weekly magazine, Expresso, on children in the north of Portugal who apparently work for one of the suppliers of the Inditex group, owner of Zara, Inditex's management announced, last 2 June, that it had found no "sign of infantile exploitation at its Portuguese suppliers". But Inditex promised to pay more attention to the respect of good behavior codes, which notably prohibit the recourse to child work, in collaboration with the Portuguese Ministry of Labour. (Ref. 06560) Through . Published on 05 June 2006 à 13h17 - Update on 26 March 2013 à 14h32 Resources In a long report conducted in Felgueiras, a rural zone where employment is rare, one discovers that two old children – 11 and 14 years old – sew shoes of the Zara brand in their parents’ home, and are paid 0,40 euros per pair.… This article is for subscribers only Already have an account? Log in You are not registered yet ? Sign up for a free trialfree for 15 days Online services : studies, analyses, databases and much more Daily Briefing : latest news digest Weekly letters Last name First name Email address Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst nameLast nameOrganizationFunctionemail* Object of the messageYour messageNameThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications What type of employment status will platform workers hold? Planet Labor updates its comparison of several countries’ regulatory responses CSR: support for caregiving employees, a new challenge for companies Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels