Answer every brand's audit from one record.
For suppliers to retailers, apparel and electronics brands. SMETA, the RBA Code and SA8000 ask about hours, pay, fees and documents for every worker, agency and contract workers included. Teamnet keeps that evidence once, every month, for every brand that asks. The auditor or certification body makes the call.
Where it breaks today.
Each brand asks again
The same records, in a different shape for every customer audit.
Agency workers outside your files
Recruitment fees, deposits and pay sit with the agency.
Overtime found in interviews
A worker interview turns up unpaid overtime the records never showed.
What customer and standard audits ask about your people.
In plain words. Each card opens the requirement areas and the evidence Teamnet keeps.
SMETA
An audit method used by brands and retailers to check their suppliers' labour standards, health and safety, environment and business ethics. It is an audit report shared with customers, not a certificate.
On audit day: Your customer's audit closes with few non-conformances, and the ones raised are closed with evidence before the follow-up visit.
RBA Code
A code of conduct for electronics and related supply chains, covering labour, health and safety, environment, ethics and the management system. Audits are run by approved audit firms.
On audit day: The audit firm sees that hours, pay, fees and documents are under control for every worker, including those hired through agencies.
SA8000
A social certification standard for decent work. Accredited certification bodies audit child labour, forced labour, health and safety, freedom of association, discrimination, discipline, working hours, pay and the management system behind them.
On audit day: The auditor sees, for any worker and any month, the hours worked, the pay against the living or minimum wage, and that no one was too young, forced or treated unfairly - contract workers included.
What Teamnet keeps every month.
Hours and pay per worker
Hours from the gate or the register and pay from the wage register, checked against the limits and the minimum.
Fees and documents flagged
Deposits, recruitment fees and withheld documents show as Needs review with a plain reason.
One month, every brand
SMETA, RBA and SA8000 audits read the same evidence.
Fixed in place
Anything off shows as Needs review with a plain reason, goes to the right person and is fixed on record.
Country pages to read next.
The standard is the same everywhere; the law under it changes by country. All countries →
United Kingdom
Right to work before the first shift, the National Minimum Wage, and the evidence behind a Modern Slavery Act statement.
Germany
Pay against the minimum wage, hours against the Working Hours Act, and supplier evidence for the LkSG.
European Union
Pay transparency, forced labour, sustainability reporting and AI rules, from one monthly record.
India
The four labour codes, in force from 21 November 2025, checked site by site and state by state.
What changes for your sites.
- Contract and agency workers are on the same record as your own staff.
- A lapse shows before the shift, not at the audit.
- Certification and customer audits read the same month.