Many factories in China pay wages below the legal requirements and work hours above both legal limits(40 hours a week, 36 hours per month overtime) and most company established limits(60 hours per week).Efforts to address these common non-compliance issues have primarily included periodic factory audits/evaluations by company or 3rd party monitors accompanied with corrective action plans,Loss of business for failing to correct any identified deficiencies or,factory termination.
在中國，許多品牌公司的協作工廠支付工人的工資低于法律標準，工作時間則超過法定時限（延長工作時間每月不得超過三十六小時），同時也超過多數品牌公司采購準則所規定的時限（每周工作時間不得超過60小時）。各品牌公司為解決此類違規問題，主要對工廠進行定期評審或是委托第三方評審，然后要求工廠采取有效的措施進行整改。若工廠的整改措施未能達到法規標準和品牌公司采購準則要求，品牌公司將暫停工廠訂單，甚至終止與工廠合作。
In response to this common method of detecting non-compliance issues and pushing factories for corrective action,the majority of factories have created fraudulent records that show compliance to either the local law or a company's code of conduct.Further,to avoid detection of these fraudulent records,factories have coached their workers on how to answer questions posed by company monitors as well as modifying any/all factory records/documents that might prove the time card and payroll records were falsified.
為應付各品牌公司此類工廠評審，大多數工廠會制作虛假記錄，以證明他們是符合勞動法規和品牌公司采購準則要求的。而且，工廠訓導工人回答品牌公司采購準則評審時所提出的各種問題，以使工人反饋給品牌公司的信息與工廠制作的虛假記錄相一致，以此來掩蓋工廠真實的工時與工資狀況。
The efforts on behalf of factories to hide the true wages and working hours have made it extremely difficult to assess compliance and to monitor progress against local law and/or a company code of conduct. In other words,most companies are not able to determine the actual wages and work hours for their factories in China.
這種蓄意掩蓋真實工時和工資的做法給采購準則評審帶來相當大的困難。換句話說，大部分品牌公司無法監測到他們在中國的協作工廠的真實工資和工作時間狀況。
WRIP Program
To address this industry-wide challenge,Sears Holdings Corporation developed the Wage Research and Improvement Program(WRIP) to work with venders and factories in China to evaluate the true working hours and wages under the goal of continuous improvement.The WRIP program,formally launched in 2004,attempts to partner with select vendors to gather more accurate wage and hour information for their factories so that we may work with them to develop detailed corrective action plans that have a higher likelihood for implementation and ongoing success.
工資調查與改善計劃
為應對這種普遍的業界挑戰，Sears Holdings Corporation公司與供應商及協作工廠合作，開展工資調查與改善計劃（WRIP)（以下簡稱WRIP改善計劃）。公司按照持續改進的原則，來評審其在中國的協作工廠的真實工時和工資狀況。WRIP改善計劃在2004年正式實施，主要內容是要求供應商及協作工廠提供準確真實的工時和工資記錄，以便采取有效的整改措施達到持續改進的目標。
In exchange for longer corrective action timelines and consultation on ways to move into compliance,the progress requires vendors/factories to agree to provide complete information to Sears Holdings Corporation and to make gradual progress on both working hours and wage payments according to a detailed improvement plan.All WRIP Improvement Plans submitted must be based on accurate information and realistic predictions on working hours and wages. Sears Holdings Corporation will compare the WRIP Improvement Plan with other factories in the same area to determine if the plan is in keeping with industry standards. If a WRIP Improvement Plan is accepted, the factory must agree to the following:
為持續有效的輔導并推動工廠進行整改，Sears Holdings Corporation公司要求供應商及協作工廠提供真實完整的記錄和詳細的計劃，來逐步改善工時和工資問題。因此，提交的WRIP改善計劃必須基于工時和工資的真實情況及可能實現的預估。Sears Holdings Corporation公司會就同一區域的不同工廠進行比較，判斷所提交的WRIP改善計劃是否符合業界標準。如果被接受，那么工廠必須遵守以下幾點要求：
1、 To be completely honest with Sears Holdings Corporation. They will not falsify records or coach workers.
2、 To track working hours for all employees either manually or through a timecard system (in accordance with Sears Holdings Corporation Code of Vendor Conduct Notice and Recordkeeping Guidelines).
3、 To guarantee the wage levels for all workers according to the submitted improvement plan. Any worker whose wages fall below these levels due to productivity (new, trainee, apprentice and slow workers) will be paid a "top-up" allowance equal to the difference.
4、 Any deductions for such items as food, dormitory, water and electricity will be documented properly and will provide to Sears Holdings Corporation upon request.
5、 Finally, a violation of the above four conditions may result in factory termination.
1、 必須誠信。不可提供虛假記錄或訓導工人。
2、 用考勤或工卡記錄所有的工時（根據Sears Holdings Corporation公司采購準則中的文件記錄保存補充指導原則）。
3、 按照提交的WRIP改善計劃來確保所有工人的工資水平。任何工人由于生手（不熟練）、試用期或工作較慢者的工資低于預期約定標準的工廠必須補貼其工資以達到WRIP改善計劃的標準。
4、 所有類似伙食費, 宿舍費, 水電費等工資扣項，必須有準確記錄以便提交給Sears Holdings Corporation公司評審。
5、 最后，若有違反以上四項規定情況之一者，都可能導致工廠被終止合作關系。
Based on the acceptance of these terms, Sears Holdings Corporation will work with the factory to implement a detailed WRIP Improvement Plan and permit the factory to produce Sears Holdings Corporation merchandise. Sears Holdings Corporation will also agree to keep all information related to the WRIP Improvement Plan confidential to Sears Holdings Corporation, the vender(s) working with the factory, and the factory itself.
基于以上條件，Sears Holdings Corporation公司將與供應商及協作工廠共同執行此WRIP改善計劃，并允許工廠繼續生產Sears Holdings Corporation公司的產品。Sears Holdings Corporation公司保證對供應商及協作工廠提供的相關WRIP改善計劃的資料進行保密。