Application Forms can be downloaded in pdf format here, but please note - If you are considering applying to become a HWCP Accredited Manufacturer, a HWCP Signatory Retailer, or sign the Sports and Corporate Wear Deed, please contact the HWCP Project Officer, before completing/lodging your application.

Application for Manufacturers
Application for Retailers
Application for Sports and Corporate Wear

Garment Timing Manual

The HWCP is developing a 'Garment Timing Manual' to help manufacturers calculate how much time should be allocated to the sewing of particular garments. This allows manufacturers to establish what the appropriate unit rate is based on fair hourly rates. Accredited manufacturers are issued with a login code that enables them to access the Garment Timing Manual here >>

Report: Ethical Threads

During the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week (2007), the Brotherhood of St Laurence launched a report on corporate social responsibility in the clothing industry. The 'Ethical Threads' report found that the clothes Australians buy are produced by companies that have been slow to embrace both mandatory and voluntary mechanisms to protect workers' conditions in this country and overseas. Yet local outworkers interviewed said working conditions were worse than five years ago because a shortage of work left them with little bargaining power with contractors. You can download a copy of the Ethical Threads report here >>