13 hours of work/day, and 15 hour overall stay in the factory making toys. Hours increase on peak season. No rest days for entire months. Coerced overtime. Low wages.
Incident Tag: Forced Overtime
Based on article 8(3)(a) of the international Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ―no one shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labor‖.
According to article 2(1) of the Forced Labor Convention of 1930, ―the term forced or compulsory labor shall mean all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily.‖
Additionally, based on Article 13(1) ―The normal working hours of any person from whom forced or compulsory labor is exacted shall be the same as those prevailing in the case of voluntary labor, and the hours worked in excess of the normal working hours shall be remunerated at the rates prevailing in the case of overtime for voluntary labor.‖
Investigations on Toy Suppliers in China: Workers are still suffering (2)
During peak season, work for piece-rate workers usually lasts from 8:00 am to around 12:00 am. Long hours and low wages in factory producing stuffed dolls and plastic toys.
Fresh labor violations in Chinese factory producing the “cheap” iPhone
Labor violations at factory (30,000 workers) manufcturing iphones: hiring discrimination over age (18-35) and tattoos; inadequate safety training; 12 hour daily work shifts; approximately 6 days/week; work reaching 110 hours of monthly overtime; standing work for 11.5 hours; 11 hours of forced and unpaid monthly overtime; potential audit fraud; workers rely on overtime work to earn a living wage; base wage is 1,500 RMB ($245).
Investigations on Toy Suppliers in China: Workers are still suffering (1)
Each worker averages a total of 300 hours per month, making plastic toys. Harsh conditions, low pay and lack of safety precautions.
Ju Qian (Capable) Furniture Factory Report
Workers during slow season stay in factory for 12 hours/day, 6 days/week making furniture, among other violations. Peak season schedule – 15 hours/day.
Made in China: The Sweatshop behind the Bratz
Workers paid below subsistence-level wages making Bratz dolls; 51 ½ cents an hour; $4.13 a day. Routine 13 ½ to 15 ½ –hour shifts, seven days a week.
Samsung’s Audits Ineffective, More Child Workers Uncovered
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.
Holiday Cards of Abuse: Wal-Mart in China
Workers kept at the factory 13 hours/day, seven days a week, paid 34 cents an hour making gift cards & notebooks.
Blood & Exhaustion Behind Bargain: Toys Made in China for Wal-Mart and Dollar General
Workers forced to work 15 to 19.5 hours a day, seven days/week making plastic toys for 43 cents an hour. Repetitive work – one operation every three seconds – leaves them with blistered and bleeding hands and fingers.
Kingsoft brags about employee overtime? Lawyer: compulsory overtime illegal.
Internet post reveals 25-year-old employee was found dead in the office. Shortly before the post, Kingsoft’s subsidiary Kingsoft Internet uploaded a picture of an employee laying his head on the desk and sleeping, saying that employees were working overtime for an entire week for the release of new product.