Modern Slavery Statement
Pareto AI's Modern Slavery Statement
Introduction
Pareto AI ("Pareto", "We") is a Delaware corporation. We are committed topreventing modern slavery and human trafficking in all our businessoperations and supply chains.
Our Business
Pareto AI is a remote data labeling startup that operates globally. We have acore, full-time staff which supports our network of freelance, data labelers.Our supply chain is digital, consisting of software tools and platformsessential for our operations.
We do not engage in manufacturing or physical goods production. We do notoffer housing accommodations to any employees or contractors. Both ofthese factors reduce the risk of modern slavery within our supply chain. Ourwork with contractors is project-based and temporary.
Our clients propose AI training projects. We create a budget and recruitcontractors to perform the AI training. We then supervise all output andrespond to contractor and client concerns.
Policies Related to Slavery and Human Trafficking
We are committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards in ouroperations and supply chains. We abhor slavery, forced labor, and humantrafficking. Our policies work to ensure that all work carried out on behalf ofPareto AI is voluntary, satisfying, and well-paid. Our vetting procedure beforehiring any freelancer requires the following:
- Contractors must be at least 18 years old.
- Contractors must apply and be paid under their own name.
- Contractors may only have a single account.
- Contractors must follow all local and national laws.
- Contractors must respect other contractors, Pareto employees, and ourclients. We prohibit any threat of violence, harassment, andintimidation.
- Contractors must not discriminate against one and other, Paretoemployees, or our clients on the basis of race, religion, sex, or nationalorigin.
These procedures are also detailed in our Independent Contractor Agreementand in our Code of Conduct.
Contractor Rights
- You are free to terminate your contract with Pareto at any time.
- You are free to move and associate as you wish.
- You do not need to pay Pareto for recruitment fees. We do not and will not ask for such fees.
- You never need to give us your original identification documents. Wemay ask for scans of such documents, but we will never requestphysical copies of passports, driver's licenses, birth certificates, or thelike.
- You have access to remedy, compensation, and justice for modernslavery. Please see the Incident Reporting below for resources.
Incident Reporting
If you believe you or another are a victim of modern slavery, humantrafficking, or child labor, please reach out for help.
- NGO support: NGOs are non-governmental organizations withcharitable missions. Click here for the Human Trafficking Hotline, onesuch NGO. For more NGOs, you might also search online for “humantrafficking hotline”, “NGO slavery hotline”,“report child labor”, or anyvariation of these phrases to see more results.
- Law enforcement: If a specific case of modern slavery is identified,please contact the police immediately. For incidents in the UnitedKingdom, call 101 for a non-emergency and 999 for an emergency. Forincidents in the United States, call 911. For a list of local, nationalemergency numbers, click here.
- Pareto AI: If you would like to report an incident to us, please contactus at trust@pareto.ai.
Definition of Slavery and Servitude
Slavery, in accordance with the 1926 Slavery Convention, is the status orcondition of a person over whom all or any of the powers attaching to theright of ownership are exercised. Since legal 'ownership' of a person is notpossible, the key element of slavery is the behavior on the part of theoffender as if he/ she did own the person, which deprives the victim of theirfreedom. Servitude is the obligation to provide services that is imposed bythe use of coercion and includes the obligation for a 'serf' to live on anotherperson's property and the impossibility of changing his or her condition.
Definition of child labor
Pareto only hires adults, aged 18 and older.
Child labor is defined by international standards as children below 12 yearsworking in any economic activities, those aged 12-14 engaged in more thanlight work, and all children engaged in the worst forms of child labor (ILO).
The term “child labor” is often defined as work that deprives children of theirchildhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physicaland mental development. Whether or not particular forms of “work” can becalled “child labor” depends on the child's age, the type and hours of workperformed, the conditions under which it is performed and the objectivespursued by individual countries.