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Date Company Accusation City / Area / Country Source Tags Media
18/11/2015HEG Technology Co., Ltd
(Supplier Of Samsung)
16-year old children and students in the production line; hiring discrimination; mandatory overtime; 11-12 hour daily shifts; 6 days/week; in 2014 peak season overtime reached 7 hours; overtime is necessary for workers to make ends meet.Huizhou, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchChild Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage
23/07/2015SamsungCourt orders Samsung Electronics East Africa to compensate employee for sexual discrimination, racism & wrongful termination.KenyaKenya LawDiscrimination
10/07/2014Shinyang Electronic Co. Ltd.
(Supplier Of Samsung)
Adult and child workers (including 5 children under 16) are made to work 11 hours per day, as many as 30 days per month coming in contact with harmful chemicals, such as industrial alcohol and thinners. Monthly overtime may reach up to 120 hours.
Dongguan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchAbusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Forced Overtime, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime
30/09/2013
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01/09/2013
Samkwang Science and Technology
(Supplier Of Samsung)
$84,000 of monthly unpaid overtime wages, up to 148 hours of overtime per month, intense rates of work that have workers assembling one cell phone case every four seconds, underage workers in the production line (16-18 years old), regular verbal abuse by management, forcing workers to work barefoot, fines imposed on workers, and insufficient safety training and safety measures.Dongguan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchAbusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime
14/12/2012HTNS Shenzhen Co., Ltd.
(Supplier Of Samsung)
3 children as low as 14 years of age were discovered in electronics factory (1100 workers): 12 hour daily shifts; over 150 hours of monthly overtime during peak season; crude management culture.Shenzhen, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchAbusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Occupational Hazard
25/11/2012
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01/10/2012
SamsungFollow-up investigations at 4 Samsung factories revealed no improvements since report published 2 months ago. 'Worker violations, such as illegally long overtime hours, abuse of dispatch, underage, and student workers, employment discrimination, unfair treatment, low wages, and more still exist at Samsung factories.'Tianjin, ChinaChina Labor WatchDiscrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage
10/09/2012SamsungChina Labor Watch releases hiring announcement found at Samsung factory that clearly demonstrates the illegal discrimination imbued in the hiring practices at Samsung factories in China, despite Samsung claims to the contrary.Tianjin, ChinaChina Labor WatchConsumer Deception, Discrimination, Fraud
31/08/2012
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01/05/2012
SamsungReport uncovers legal violations and labor abuses in 6 Samsung factories producing electronics: exhaustive working conditions; factory reaching 186 hours/month during peak season; work well over 100 hours of overtime/month in 5 factories; in all factories overtime surpasses the legal limit (36 hours/month); hiring of child workers in 3 factories; 11-12 hour shifts.ChinaChina Labor WatchAbusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Wages
31/08/2012
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01/05/2012
Tianjin Samsung Mobile Display (TSMD)
(Part Of Samsung)
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, ChinaChina Labor WatchAbusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage
31/08/2012
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01/05/2012
Intops (Tianjin) Electronics Co., Ltd.
(Supplier Of Samsung)
Legal violations at factory (about 1200 workers) manufacturing cell phone casings: about 100 hours/month of overtime during low season; about 150 hours/month during peak season; low base wage (1310 RMB - $206); workers dependent on overtime in order to make a living wage; no protective masks for workers in contact with printing fumes; physical pat downs from security guards; verbal abuse.Jinnan, Tianjin, ChinaChina Labor WatchAbusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard
31/08/2012
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01/05/2012
Tianjin Chaarmtech (Crucial) Electronic Co., Ltd.
(Supplier Of Samsung)
Violations at factory (about 900 workers) producing cell phone casings and other parts: 120 hours or more mandatory overtime/month; work 28 days/month; 11 hour daily shifts; low base salary (1310 RMB - $206); workers dependent on overtime in order to make a living wage; workers must always stand while working.Xiqing, Tianjin, ChinaChina Labor WatchAbusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Insurance
31/07/2012
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01/06/2012
HEG Technology Co., Ltd
(Supplier Of Samsung)
Violations at factory (2.000 employees) producing mobile phones, mp3s, DVDs, etc:Research indicates student workers amount to 80% of the factory workforce; approximately 50-100 children working; youngest worker spotted was 14 years old; low wages for children, 70% less than formal employees; discrimination based on sex and age; 11 hours daily work shifts (including 3-5 hours of forced overtime).Huizhou, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchChild Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard
31/03/2011
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01/03/2011
Quanta Computer
(Supplier Of Samsung)
~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, ChinaChina Labor WatchChild Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard
24/09/2008
(Suppliers Of Samsung)
Report reveals severe violations of workers’ rights in Asian (China, Philippines) mobile phone factories.China and PhilippinesSOMOAbusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression
30/11/2006
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01/11/2006

(Suppliers Of Samsung)
An investigation of 13 Shenzhen electronics factories producing components for many well-known brand names found widespread labour abuses.Shenzhen, Guangdong, ChinaBusiness & Human Rights Resource CenterChild Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime