Archives: Incidents
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/07/2014 | Shinyang Electronic Co. Ltd. (Supplier Of Samsung) | Adult and child workers (including 5 children under 16) are made to work 11 hours per day, as many as 30 days per month coming in contact with harmful chemicals, such as industrial alcohol and thinners. Monthly overtime may reach up to 120 hours.
| Dongguan, Guangdong, China | China Labor Watch | Abusive Management, Child Labor, Discrimination, Forced Overtime, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Overtime | |
| 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 |