| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20/11/2015 | Combine Will (Dongguan) Industrial Co., Ltd. (Supplier Of McDonald's) | Workers do 13.5 hour daily shifts accumulating up to or more than 100 hours of overtime per month, nearly three times the Chinese legal maximum. They're not permitted to go to the restroom or get water because it is deemed a risk to production speed. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression | |
| 11/11/2013 | McDonald's | McDonald's involved in labor violations in Beijing, such as prolonging working hours arbitrarily, paying wages in arrears, and not paying wages for probationary periods. | Beijing, China | China Labor Watch (1st par), Chengbiancun | Forced Overtime, Unpaid Wages | |
| 30/09/2013 - 01/04/2013 | (Suppliers Of McDonald's) | Investigation uncovers 18 sets of legal and ethical violations, including 84 to 110 hours of monthly overtime, up to 13-hour working days, as well as hot and crowded dormitories, in 6 toy factories. | China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Pollution, Unpaid Wages | |
| 28/11/2012 | Wei Lee Fung Plastic Product Co., Ltd. (Supplier Of McDonald's) | Labor issues at toy factory (less than 6,000 workers): 11 hour daily shifts; workers seldom work with protective gear; lack of living wage. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 16/12/2009 - 15/12/2009 | Intertek (Client of McDonald's) | 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, China | China Labor Watch, (2) | Bribing & Corruption, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage | |
| 29/10/2009 | Merton Company Limited (Supplier Of McDonald's) | Report uncovers: excessive worker overtime (123 hours/month); 6 days/week workload; low monthly wages ($206-$221 including overtime); and student workers at factory (~10,000 people) producing plastic toys. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 22/07/2006 | Merton Company Limited (Supplier Of McDonald's) | Workers protest against meager wages and poor living conditions at toy factory. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Non-Living Wage | |
| 22/07/2006 | Henry Plastic Toy Factory (Supplier Of McDonald's) | Thousands of workers demonstrated protesting paltry wages and poor working conditions. Over 10 people were arrested. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Non-Living Wage | |
| 31/08/2005 - 01/01/2005 | Kai Long factory (Supplier Of McDonald's) | Abusive conditions in toy factory: pay rates as low as only 59 percent of local minimum wage, worker dorm rooms housing 22 people each, work schedules that surpass the legal limit by at least 36.5 hours per week. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Insurance | |
| 31/05/2001 - 01/12/1998 | Merton Company Limited (Supplier Of McDonald's) | Workers at toy factory toil for 12.5 hours/day, spend 16.5 hours in the factory overall, and have to work all night during delivery rush. Average salary per hour is 13 cents. 17-20 people sleep in one room. The factory uses various toxic materials. Many workers got their hands burned. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Injuries & Diseases, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression | |
| 27/08/2000 | (Supplier Of McDonald's) | "A contracted toy company producing for McDonald’s employed 400 child workers, who were required to work 16 hours per day and paid 1.5 yuan per hour. The youngest worker was only 14 years old." | China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance |
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