Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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28/11/2014 | Dongguan Lung Cheong Toys Co. Ltd. (Supplier Of Mattel) | Excessive overtime, 12/hour shifts, six day workweeks, low wages and exposure to harmful chemicals. "A number of workers in the painting department said that the paint odor was extremely bad and that they suffered from nausea and diarrhea." | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance | |
28/11/2014 | Mattel Electronics Dongguan (Supplier Of Mattel) | "Workers will easily accumulate more than 100 hours of overtime month", some even reaching 118 hours of overtime in factory making toys. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance | |
08/09/2011 | Jida Toy Co., LTD (Supplier Of Mattel) | Violations at factory (3.000 workers) producing toys: during August, employees only received one rest day; 11 hours/ day for 6-7 days/week during busy season; workers in contact with hazardous chemicals and materials; extremely high temperatures in carving workshop; low wages in slow season (1,800 Yuan/month - $282 USD). | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
16/05/2011 | Shenzhen Sanwei Taiqiang Production Ltd. (Supplier Of Mattel) | Female factory worker (45 years old) jumps to death from sixth factory floor after argument with manager about taking time off from work. Allegedly, her poor performance was often criticized and as a result abused by her manager. At the time, she worked at the factory 11 hour daily shifts, 7 days/week. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch, (2) | Abusive Management, Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Suicides | |
17/11/2010 - 12/11/2010 | Dongguan Grand Plastic Cement Products Co., Ltd. (Supplier Of Mattel) | Violations at toy factory (2.000 workers): some employees work up to 72 hours of overtime/month; penalties for not fulfilling production quotas; low wages (1,600 RMB/month -$252 USD); sewing workers often have their fingers crushed; female workers molested and verbally abused by management. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance |