VLCA Compliance Grade

The Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association's (MGMA) Voluntary Labour Compliance Assessment (VLCA) categorizes compliance levels into four grades: Higher Compliance, Full Compliance, Partial Compliance, and Non-Compliance. Each grade is subdivided into two components, resulting in a total of eight components, each visually represented by a distinct color.

Compliance grades, their corresponding subcomponents, and their respective colors are as follows:

• Higher Compliance
  • exemplary - Purple @ Hex #800080
  • higher - Indigo @ Hex #55308D
• Full Compliance
  • full - Green @ Hex #00A933
  • adequate - Lime @ Hex #81D41A
• Partial Compliance
  • partial - Yellow @ Hex #FFFF00
  • critical - Orange @ Hex #FF8000
• Non Compliance
  • urgent - Red @ Hex #FF0000
  • blacklist - Black @ Hex #000000

VLCA Compliance Grades and Representative Colors

Non		Partial		Full		Higher

Non Compliance

Non		Partial		Full		Higher

Partial Compliance

Non		Partial		Full		Higher

Full Compliance

Non		Partial		Full		Higher

Higher Compliance

Non		Partial		Full		Higher

When the auditor is not fully satisfied to categorize compliance level at a certain grade, Partial Compliance for instance, setting the color can also be between the two grades of Non and Partial compliance as follow.

Non		Partial		Full		Higher

It is categorized as Partial Compliance but Half Satisfied.

Non		Partial		Full		Higher

It is categorized as Full Compliance but Half Satisfied.

Non		Partial		Full		Higher

It is categorized as Higher Compliance but Half Satisfied.

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