Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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18/11/2015 | HEG 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, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage | |
23/07/2015 | Samsung | Court orders Samsung Electronics East Africa to compensate employee for sexual discrimination, racism & wrongful termination. | Kenya | Kenya Law | Discrimination | |
10/07/2014 | Shinyang 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, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Forced Overtime, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
30/09/2013 - 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, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime | |
14/12/2012 | HTNS 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, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Occupational Hazard | |
25/11/2012 - 01/10/2012 | Samsung | Follow-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, China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage | |
10/09/2012 | Samsung | China 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, China | China Labor Watch | Consumer Deception, Discrimination, Fraud | |
31/08/2012 - 01/05/2012 | Samsung | Report 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. | China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Wages | |
31/08/2012 - 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, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage | |
31/08/2012 - 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, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
31/08/2012 - 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, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Insurance | |
31/07/2012 - 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, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
31/03/2011 - 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, China | China Labor Watch | Child 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 Philippines | SOMO | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression | |
30/11/2006 - 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, China | Business & Human Rights Resource Center | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime |