Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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05/10/2015 | Wistron Corporation (Supplier Of Lenovo) | Tens of thousands of Chinese students are forced to work as interns in the assembly lines of IT factories. Many of them cannot quit or they will not graduate. | Zhongshan, Guangdong, China | DANWATCH | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime | |
04/09/2014 | Catcher Technology (Supplier Of Lenovo) | Two investigations throughout 2013-2014 find labor violations at factory (20,000 workers) including: excessive overtime nearly 100 hours/month, hazardous waste poured into a nearby river, unsafe working environment. Catcher workers have "suffered skin and eye irritation, and are at risk for more serious health problems" making tablet computers, smartphones and laptops. | Suqian, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard, Pollution, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
28/08/2014 | HEG Technology Co., Ltd (Supplier Of Lenovo) | 117 children working at the factory (10 of them being below 16); exhaustive 12 hour daily shifts on their feet, including compulsory overtime reaching to 4-5 hours. | Chenjiang, Huizhou, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Unpaid Wages | |
30/11/2012 - 01/10/2012 | Chitwing Mould Industry (Dongguan) Co., Ltd (Supplier Of Lenovo) | Egregious violations at factory (5.000 workers) manufacturing cell phone covers: workers consistently working over 220 hours of overtime for the past few months (six times the 36 hour overtime legal limit); minimum daily factory stay is 12 hours; 14-15 hour work days; some work for 16 hours/day; base salary (1100 RMB -$176); workers dependent on overtime to make a living-wage; 200 student workers in the summer. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages | |
31/08/2012 - 01/05/2012 | Tianjin Samsung Mobile Display (TSMD) (Supplier Of Lenovo) | Labor violations at SDI Mobile factory (3500 workers) producing mobile displays: workers reach up to 186 hours of overtime during peak season; overtime is forced; serious gender and age discrimination; insulting and beating up of workers; hiring workers under 18 years of age; some workers receive wages below the legal minimum. | Xiqing, Tianjin, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage | |
31/03/2011 - 01/03/2011 | Quanta Computer (Supplier Of Lenovo) | ~1/3 of factory's workforce is below 18 years of age, 140 hours/month overtime with one or two days of rest every month at peak seasons. | Shanghai, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard | |
28/08/2008 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Lenovo) | Labor violations in factory manufacturing disks and electronics; low wages 750 (RMB); overtime is necessary to make ends meet; ten hours daily shifts for college interns; 11-12 hour shifts for regular workers; regular workers have one rest day every two weeks; when in need, production allows only one day off/month. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage | |
31/07/2007 - 01/06/2006 | (Lenovo) | Outsourcing and labour rights violations, constant work instability, unsafe practices, exposure to toxic materials and work related illnesses, and sexual harassment revealed by yearly report on labour conditions in Mexico. | Mexico | CEREAL | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Occupational Hazard, Sexual Harassment | |
01/02/2007 | Western Digital (Supplier Of Lenovo) | Labor violations at HDD factory (8,000 employees): wage discrimination over agency workers; discrimination over pregnant women; workers state wages are not enogh to cover living costs; 12 hour daily shifts; 7 days/week during peak season (10 months/year); compulsury overtime; industrial hygiene concerns. | Navanakorn Industrial Estate, Thailand | SOMO | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
01/02/2007 | Shenzhen Yonghong (Supplier Of Lenovo) | Labor violations at electronics manufacturer: over 200 children workers hired under the age of 16; required to work 1.5 hours daily without pay; normal work 13 hours/day for 30 days (390 hours/month); more than 400 hours/month during peak seasons, 60 of those without pay; no gloves, masks and proper ergonomics in workplace; hand, eye and other bodily injuries. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | SOMO | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages | |
30/11/2006 - 01/11/2006 | (Suppliers Of Lenovo) | An investigation of 13 Shenzhen electronics factories producing components for many well-known brand names found widespread labour abuses. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Business & Human Rights Resource Center | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime | |
01/12/2005 | Foxconn Technology Group (Supplier Of Lenovo) |
Low wages and long work hours in Chinese company supplying
motherboards, enclosures, coolers, etc; workers complain over not having a single day off for months; most worker wages are insufficient to cover living expenses.
| Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | SOMO | Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage |