Archives: Incidents
Filter tag: Unpaid Overtime(clear filter)
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/05/2011 - 01/05/2011 | TE Connectivity (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Motorola) (Supplier Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Siemens) (Supplier Of Toshiba) (Supplier Of Nokia) (Supplier Of General Electric) (Supplier Of BMW) (Supplier Of Ericsson) (Supplier Of Cisco Systems) | Significantly low wages, and production quotas which if not reached workers must toil additional hours without overtime pay assembling wires. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 11/10/2011 | Gucci (Owned by Kering) | Five former Gucci-employees publicly release an open letter claiming that the company was a "sweatshop", alleging abusive management, over 12 hour daily shifts, at times staying until 2-3:00 am, forced overtime, among other grievances. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Daily | Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 28/09/2011 | Rushan Alice Garments Company, Ltd. (Supplier Of Target) | Clothing factory among occupational safety issues, currently runs on 10 hour daily shifts, 28 days/month; 30 days/month (no days off) when receiving multiple production orders. | Weihai, Shandong, China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 30/11/2006 - 01/11/2006 | (Suppliers Of Acer) (Suppliers Of Founder Group) (Suppliers Of Apple) (Suppliers Of ASRock) (Suppliers Of ASUS) (Suppliers Of BYD Company Ltd.) (Suppliers Of Canon) (Suppliers Of Compaq) (Suppliers Of Datang Telecom) (Suppliers Of Elecom) (Suppliers Of Dell) (Suppliers Of Seiko Epson Corporation) (Suppliers Of Foxconn Technology Group) (Suppliers Of Fujitsu) (Suppliers Of Gateway Inc.) (Suppliers Of Huawei) (Suppliers Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Suppliers Of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)) (Suppliers Of Microsoft) (Suppliers Of Konka Group Co., Ltd.) (Suppliers Of Lenovo) (Suppliers Of Maxim Integrated) (Suppliers Of Motorola) (Suppliers Of NEC) (Suppliers Of Nokia) (Suppliers Of Nortel Networks Corporation) (Suppliers Of Panasonic) (Suppliers Of Philips) (Suppliers Of Ruijie Networks) (Suppliers Of Samsung) (Suppliers Of Sharp Corporation) (Suppliers Of Siemens) (Suppliers Of Sony) (Suppliers Of TCLCorporation) (Suppliers Of Toshiba) (Suppliers Of ZTE Corporation) (FSP Group) (Volex Group) (Fittec International Group Ltd.) (United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC)) (Lixun Precision Industry) (Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.) (Cheng Loong Corp.) (Bestec) (Xinmei Electronic Plastics Factory) (Xinhao Precision Parts Factory) (Yixin Plastics & Electronics) (Delta Group) (Kingboard Chemical Holdings Limited) | 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 | |
| 24/02/2016 | Pegatron Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Extremely low base wages make workers dependent on excessive overtime work to support their lives in Shanghai. 71.1% of workers’ average toil more than 60 hours/week. | Shanghai, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 02/02/2016 | (Suppliers Of Calvin Klein) (Suppliers Of Lardini) | Unpaid overtime or unpaid bonuses, illegal deductions from wages and forced overtime worked via various threats of sanctions. | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clean Clothes Campaign | Non-Living Wage, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages | |
| 17/12/2012 | Dream International (Zhengrun Toy Factory) (Supplier Of Walmart) (Supplier Of Disney) (Supplier Of Universal Studios) (Supplier Of SeaWorld Orlando) (Supplier Of Walgreens) (Supplier Of Kmart) (Supplier Of Costco) (Supplier Of RiteAid) (Supplier Of Build-A-Bear Workshop) (Supplier Of Caltoy) | Work hours reaching 15,5 hours not including the two meal breaks, 6 ½ hours of overtime daily, 7 days/week at peak seasons, and Lack of fire protection. "It’s very unsafe. If there was an emergency, people could not get out!" | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 03/10/2013 | Next Collections Ltd. (Part Of Ha-Meem Group) (Supplier Of Gap) (Supplier Of Old Navy) | 14- to - 23 hour shifts, 7 days/week, reaching to massive 210 hours of overtime, even for pregnant women; extreme work hours; beatings; humiliation; death threats; starvation wages (20 to 24 cents per hour); workers visibly sick, exhausted and dazed. | Ashulia, Bangladesh | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Death Threats, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression, Unpaid Overtime, Unpaid Wages | |
| 10/12/2015 | Zhenyang Wanju Factory (Supplier Of Disney) (Supplier Of Mattel) (Supplier Of Hasbro) (Supplier Of MGA Entertainment) (Supplier Of Simba-Dickie-Group) (Supplier Of Ludendo) | “Both hands must be constantly moving.” 12 to 13-plus hour shifts in near freezing conditions, earning as little as $1.36 an hour. Fumes from chemicals including industrial alcohol, phenylenediamine and sodium peroxide cause nausea, dizziness and headaches. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Pollution, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 04/09/2014 | Catcher Technology (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Lenovo) (Supplier Of HTC) (Supplier Of Motorola) (Supplier Of Dell) (Supplier Of Sony) (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) | Two investigations throughout 2013-2014 find labor violations at factory (20,000 workers) including: excessive overtime nearly 100 hours/month, hazardous waste poured into a nearby river, unsafe working environment. Catcher workers have "suffered skin and eye irritation, and are at risk for more serious health problems" making tablet computers, smartphones and laptops. | Suqian, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard, Pollution, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime |