Management also sacked the only under-age worker one day before the arrival of the team. The improvements were only short-lived. But workers are not aware of what really happened, which clearly shows that they are not well informed about their factory's CoCo. This case shows how ineffective the CoCo is in improving working conditions. It is clear that implementation and monitoring must be continuous, otherwise the CoCo cannot deliver any benefit to workers.
CoCos have other downfalls.
For instance, Levi's CoCo does not protect either the rights of female workers or the right to organise. Another weakness of CoCos is the absence of firm guidelines for subcontractors to follow so as to materially benefit workers. Yet another important deficiency is that a monitoring team should involve all parties concerned especially workers and a union where one exists. Whatever ground the CoCo is based upon, when the franchise owner drafts it, the lives of the workers remain trapped in a circle of poverty. Since it is prepared only by one side, it has no legal status to enable workers to escape from poverty.