Archives: Incidents
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28/08/2014 | HEG Technology Co., Ltd (Supplier Of Samsung) (Supplier Of Lenovo) (Part Of Harbin Investment Group) | 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 | |
| 25/09/2014 | Jabil Circuit Inc. (Supplier Of Apple) | Labor violations at factory (30,000 workers) including: unsafe working environment, verbally abusive management, workforce dependent on overtime wages, cases of unpaid overtime wages, crowded dormitories (8 people/per room). | Wuxi, Jiangsu, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 18/12/2014 | Pegatron Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Forced overtime; labor reaching to 18 hours/day; cramped dormitories; limited or no brakes cause exhaustion to workforce which falls asleep on duty. | Shanghai, China | BBC | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime | |
| 11/02/2015 | Pegatron Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Workers paid below local living standard. Workers are forced to work as many as 132 hours/month of overtime to compensate. | Shanghai, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Non-Living Wage | |
| 21/07/2015 | Jingyu Toy Products (Supplier Of Hasbro) (Supplier Of Mattel) (Supplier Of Tomy) | Occasions of long overtime in busy seasons. Worker explains: "The factory makes workers toil until 2 in the morning, still expecting them to come to work later in the morning for the day shift." | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 22/10/2015 | Pegatron Group (Supplier Of Apple) | Workers producing iPhone 6s spend as much as 119 overtime hours/month, and once home they sleep in moldy, unhygienic dorms infested with bed bugs alongside 13 other people. | Shanghai, China | China Labor Watch | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 09/12/2015 | Paragon Apparels Pvt. Ltd (Supplier Of Adidas) | Workers endure exposure to dangerous chemicals, inadequate safety measures and excessive overtime. | Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India | Fair Labor Association | Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 05/05/2015 | Paragon Apparels Pvt. Ltd (Supplier Of Adidas) | Workers’ hours exceeded 60 hours per week, with “many workers” working between 14 and 18 hours per day. Multiple health and safety violations not addressed including chemical hazard. | Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India | Fair Labor Association | Excessive Work Hours, Occupational Hazard | |
| 22/07/2006 | Henry Plastic Toy Factory (Supplier Of Disney) (Supplier Of McDonald's) | Thousands of workers demonstrated protesting paltry wages and poor working conditions. Over 10 people were arrested. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Non-Living Wage | |
| 20/11/2015 | Zhenyang Wanju Factory (Supplier Of Disney) (Supplier Of MGA Entertainment) | Devastating sweatshop conditions with workers exposed to toxic chemicals such as industrial alcohol and acetone, or extremely loud machines. Factory's industrial waste water is discharged directly into a nearby river without treatment. | Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Pollution, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Wages |