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4 Jul 2011

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TNT Express, Post & Parcel

Labour recognition for TNT Express Saudi Arabia

TNT Express Saudi Arabia [part of TPG] has been awarded the SA8000…certificate, in response to its standard of working conditions and labour relations. The award was issued…after auditors visited TNT Express offices and warehouses at Jeddah and Dhahran to interview the employees, review and assess the standards for managing the workplace over a three-year period…Martyn Wright, managing director for TNT Express Saudi Arabia said: “This is a milestone achievement since TNT Express Saudi Arabia is the first company in the Kingdom to receive this certificate....” SA8000 (Social Accountability 8000) is based on…international standards regarding working conditions that are contained in treaties of the International Labor Organisation, the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.