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Date Company Accusation City / Area / Country Source Tags Media
03/10/2013Next Collections Ltd.
(Supplier Of Gap)
Excessive work hours at factory (4.500 workers) producing garments; many employees routinely work more than 100 hours/week; regularly work may last until 5 a.m to meet production targets.Dhaka, Dhaka Division, BangladeshThe Wall Street JournalAbusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression
03/10/2013Next Collections Ltd.
(Supplier Of Gap)
14- to - 23 hour shifts, 7 days/week, reaching to massive 210 hours of overtime, even for pregnant women; extreme work hours; beatings; humiliation; death threats; starvation wages (20 to 24 cents per hour); workers visibly sick, exhausted and dazed.Ashulia, BangladeshInstitute for Global Labour and Human RightsAbusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Death Threats, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages
21/08/2011Ningbo Hesheng Headwear Co. Ltd.
(Supplier Of Gap)
Low wages, student labor (16 year old employees), regular 12 hour day-work, working 30 days/month on busy season for factory workers.Cixi, Zhejiang, ChinaChina Labor Watch, (2)Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard
16/12/2009
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15/12/2009
Intertek
(Client of Gap)
Allegations of criminal acceptance of bribes by Intertek auditor in exchange for overlooking fraud at the Hang Fat toy factory's salary and working hours records. The auditor asked the factory to pay a bribe in order to allow the factory pass the audit. The factory paid the required bribe.Shenzhen, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor Watch, (2)Bribing & Corruption, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage