Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
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28/08/2014 | HEG Technology Co., Ltd (Supplier Of Samsung) | 117 children working at the factory (10 of them being below 16); exhaustive 12 hour daily shifts on their feet, including compulsory overtime reaching to 4-5 hours. | Chenjiang, Huizhou, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Unpaid Wages | |
30/11/2012 - 01/10/2012 | Chitwing Mould Industry (Dongguan) Co., Ltd (Supplier Of Samsung) | Egregious violations at factory (5.000 workers) manufacturing cell phone covers: workers consistently working over 220 hours of overtime for the past few months (six times the 36 hour overtime legal limit); minimum daily factory stay is 12 hours; 14-15 hour work days; some work for 16 hours/day; base salary (1100 RMB -$176); workers dependent on overtime to make a living-wage; 200 student workers in the summer. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages | |
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 | |
01/02/2007 | Shenzhen Yonghong (Supplier Of Samsung) | Labor violations at electronics manufacturer: over 200 children workers hired under the age of 16; required to work 1.5 hours daily without pay; normal work 13 hours/day for 30 days (390 hours/month); more than 400 hours/month during peak seasons, 60 of those without pay; no gloves, masks and proper ergonomics in workplace; hand, eye and other bodily injuries. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | SOMO | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages |