Investigation reveals 15 sets of labor violations at electronics factory; more than $1.8 million in monthly unpaid overtime; 12-hour daily shifts, 6-7 days/week; mandatory overtime; hours more than two times in excess of statutory limits.
Incident Tag: Unpaid Overtime
Overtime numeration/hour should be higher than base wage hours.
More labor abuse in Samsung phone factory
$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.
Investigations on Toy Suppliers in China: Workers are still suffering (5)
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.
Investigations on Toy Suppliers in China: Workers are still suffering (4)
Normal 12 hour factory schedule for workers, sometimes with no rest days in an entire month, 2 report child workers, very low wages, physical abuse, no safety equipment. Workers say the factory is run by the criminal underworld.
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).
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.
Deterioration of Mattel’s Labor Conditions: An Investigation of Four Factories (Dong Yao -DDYT)
Labor problems at toy factory (900 to 2,100 employees): extreme 180-210 monthly overtime in peak season (June-September); up to 14-15 hour daily shifts 6-7 days/week (including 6-7 hours of daily overtime); overtime illegally paid; lack of a living wage; 15 minute daily unpaid work; safety concerns; spray paint workers did not wear masks.
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.