Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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02/02/2016 | Matrix Sweaters (Supplier Of J.C. Penney) | Inadequate safety precautions lead to a fire break-out, with some reported injuries. | Gazipur, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh | ILRF, CCC, MSN, WRC | Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard | |
22/12/2014 | Century Group (Supplier Of J.C. Penney) | Workers stripped of their passports which constitutes human trafficking crime. "Workers are forced to toil 15 to 16 hours a day, 7 days/week" earning as much as 53 cents/hour. | Irbid, Jordan | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Human Trafficking, Non-Living Wage | |
22/03/2013 - 01/01/2001 | Alianza Fashion (Supplier Of J.C. Penney) | For 12 years, Alianza robbed workers of over $6 million in wages and benefits, changed it's legal name 4 times, and defrauded the Guatemalan Social Security Institute (including the workers’ pension accounts) of over $4.7 million. Alianza sold garments to brands who then profited by 415% and 550% mark-ups.
| Chimaltenango, Guatemala | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Non-Living Wage, Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Wages |
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