Archives: Incidents
Filter tag: Forced Overtime(clear filter)
| Date | Company | Accusation | City / Area / Country | Source | Tags | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 27/08/2000 | (Supplier Of McDonald's) | "A contracted toy company producing for McDonald’s employed 400 child workers, who were required to work 16 hours per day and paid 1.5 yuan per hour. The youngest worker was only 14 years old." | China | China Labor Watch | Child Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression, Unpaid Insurance | |
| 20/05/2015 | (Supplier Of Dell) | Documentary investigates low wages, excessive work hours and other labor violations in Dell supply chain factories. | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Kalla Fatka - TV4 | Abusive Management, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage | |
| 05/10/2015 | Wistron Corporation (Supplier Of Hewlett-Packard (HP)) (Supplier Of Lenovo) (Supplier Of Dell) | Tens of thousands of Chinese students are forced to work as interns in the assembly lines of IT factories. Many of them cannot quit or they will not graduate. | Zhongshan, Guangdong, China | DANWATCH | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime | |
| 02/02/2016 | (Suppliers Of Levi's) (Suppliers Of Hugo Boss) (Suppliers Of Vistula) | "Excessively low wages, health hazards, poor legal protection in case of illness and the fact that the rights to holiday leave are rarely exercised." | Poland | Clean Clothes Campaign | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 26/01/2013 | Smart Fashion (Supplier Of Bershka) (Supplier Of lefties,) (Supplier Of Inditex) (Supplier Of SOL'S) (Supplier Of Scott & Fox) | 7 women killed in factory fire, including 3 children. | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Child Labor, Deaths, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard | |
| 22/12/2014 | Century Group (Supplier Of Ralph Lauren) (Supplier Of Kohl's) (Supplier Of J.C. Penney) (Supplier Of Eddie Bauer Holdings) | Workers stripped of their passports which constitutes human trafficking crime. "Workers are forced to toil 15 to 16 hours a day, 7 days/week" earning as much as 53 cents/hour. | Irbid, Jordan | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Human Trafficking, Non-Living Wage | |
| 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 | |
| 22/12/2014 | Zhen Ding Technology Holdings Limited (Supplier Of Apple) (Supplier Of Amazon) | Incidents of over 100 security guards harassing and beatings at factory (15,000 workers). Workers toil for 64 to 72 hours/week; with low wages; workers are numb and exhausted. "We are just machines" - Zhen Ding Tech worker
| Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights | Abusive Management, Beatings & Violence, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Pollution, Tax Avoidance, Union Repression |