Key Topic: Steps in an Audit

An audit typically consists of several steps, listed below:

1. Arrival at Worksite: No one at the worksite should be notified in advance that the audit team will visit on a particular day. 
2. Opening Meeting with Management: Explain audit process to worksite managers, including the portions in which management is or is not requested to participate, and request post-audit documentation that managers can use to follow-up with workers directly. 
3. Walkthrough of Worksite: Observe conditions in the factory and any associated locations such as cafeterias and dormitories. 
4. Worker Interviews: Workers selected should represent the full diversity of the workplace. Auditors should always interview members of worker organizations or local worker advocacy groups. 
5. Management Interviews: Opportunity to corroborate or find discrepancies in information gathered through worker interviews. 
6. Interviews with Labor Brokers and Recruiters: For companies with significant numbers of migrant and contract workers in their supply chains. 
7. Documentation Review: Provide tangible proof of compliance, and to either corroborate or find discrepancies in the information gathered through interviews. 
8. Closing Meeting with Management: Report to management any code violations found in the facility.
9. Report Preparation: To ensure compliance operations survive personnel changes.

For further context, visit ILAB’s Auditing for Child Labor Guide.