Merton Company Limited

Date	Company	Accusation	City / Area / Country	Source	Tags
30/09/2013 - 01/04/2013	(Merton Company Limited)	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
29/10/2009	Merton Company Limited	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	Workers protest against meager wages and poor living conditions at toy factory.	Dongguan, Guangdong, China	China Labor Watch	Non-Living Wage
31/05/2001 - 01/12/1998	Merton Company Limited	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