Archives: Incidents
Filter tag: Forced Overtime(clear filter)
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/02/2007 | Western Digital (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Lenovo) (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Panasonic) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Acer) | Labor violations at HDD factory (8,000 employees): wage discrimination over agency workers; discrimination over pregnant women; workers state wages are not enogh to cover living costs; 12 hour daily shifts; 7 days/week during peak season (10 months/year); compulsury overtime; industrial hygiene concerns. | Navanakorn Industrial Estate, Thailand | SOMO | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 01/02/2007 | Innovex (Supplier Of Nokia) (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Supplier Of Philips) (Supplier Of Hitachi) (Supplier Of Samsung) (Supplier Of Seagate Technology) (Supplier Of Maxtor) (Supplier Of Acer) | Labor concerns at factory (3,000 employees) producing flexible circuit interconnects: wages insufficient to cover living costs; compulsury overtime during peak production; limited protective equipment; regular occuring injuries and health problems. | Lamphun Thailand | SOMO | Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 01/02/2007 | Shenzhen Yonghong (Owned by Shenzhen Zhonghan Science & Tech Co.) (Subsidiary of FSP Group) (Supplier Of Lenovo) (Supplier Of Huawei) (Supplier Of Tsinghua Tongfang) (Supplier Of Founder Group) (Supplier Of TCLCorporation) (Supplier Of Motorola) (Supplier Of Acer) (Supplier Of Ruijie Networks) (Supplier Of Great Wall Motors) (Supplier Of Datang Telecom) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of NEC) (Supplier Of Siemens) (Supplier Of Samsung) (Supplier Of Fujitsu) (Supplier Of Evoc) | 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 | |
| 01/02/2007 | LTEC Company (Supplier Of Nokia) (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Fujitsu) (Supplier Of Acer) (Supplier Of Sharp Corporation) (Supplier Of Toshiba) | Labor concerns at factory (over 6,000 workers) producing electronic components: wages not enought ot cover living expenditures; work 12 hours/day (including 4 hour compulsory overtime); 6 days/week; discrimination on Hepatitis B workers. | Thailand | SOMO | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime | |
| 01/02/2007 | CKL Electronics Co. Ltd. (Part Of APCB) (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Acer) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of NEC) (Supplier Of Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Limited) (Supplier Of Delta Group) (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Supplier Of Fujitsu) (Supplier Of Siemens) (Supplier Of Toshiba) (Supplier Of Sony) | Labor concerns at electronics factory (850 workers): wages not enough to cover living expenditures; compuslory overtime between January-June; work over 60 hours/week; sometimes during peak season workers do two shifts (24 hours a day in total); exposure to hazardous chamicals with insufficient safety equipment; coughing and irritated skin; at least two cases have been found of workers having poisonous chemicals in their blood; frequent factory fires with insufficient fire protection. | Thailand | SOMO | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 01/05/2011 | SSM India (Supplier Of Crystal Group) (Supplier Of Mothercare) (Supplier Of Abercrombie & Fitch) (Supplier Of Marks & Spencer) (Supplier Of Next) (Supplier Of C&A) (Supplier Of Primark) (Supplier Of S.Oliver) (Supplier Of The Children’s Place) (Supplier Of Izod) (Supplier Of Phillips Van Heusen (PVH)) | Sumangali workers at factory (~5,000 workers) manufacturing apparel: below legally-set minimum wages; 12 hour daily shifts for hostel workers ( 72 hours/week) plus mandatory overtime in peak season; 15 year old girls recruited; workers not allowed to leave factory premises freely. | Tamil Nadu, India | SOMO | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Union Repression, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 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 | |
| 26/11/2012 | (Suppliers Of Samsung) | Samsung Electronics admits it has found illegal work practices in an audit of 105 of its Chinese suppliers, including excessive overtime and the imposition of a system of fines for lateness or absences. | China | Samsung News, The Guardian | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime | |
| 07/02/2011 - 01/12/2010 | MSI Computer Co., Ltd (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of NEC) (Supplier Of Dell) | Workers at electronics factory endure: Only 1-2 days of rest each month during peak season; 12+ hours/day, 6-7-day work week; working hour wage is $0.94/hr; blatant discrimination against male workers and older workers; workers not allowed to talk and go to the bathroom during production. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch, (2) | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 30/09/2010 - 01/07/2010 | Champion Crown Industries, Ltd. (Supplier Of Disney) (Supplier Of Doraemon) | Use of child workers below 16 years of age; work 7 days/week during busy season (one day of rest/month); 12 hour daily work shifts (14,5 hours overall factory stay) at factory manufacturing plastic products. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Insurance |