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Date Company Accusation City / Area / Country Source Tags Media
20/11/2015Combine Will (Dongguan) Industrial Co., Ltd.
(Supplier Of McDonald's)
(Supplier Of Mattel)
Workers do 13.5 hour daily shifts accumulating up to or more than 100 hours of overtime per month, nearly three times the Chinese legal maximum. They're not permitted to go to the restroom or get water because it is deemed a risk to production speed.
Dongguan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchDiscrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Injuries & Diseases, Inspection Fraud, Non-Living Wage, Occupational Hazard, Union Repression
20/11/2015Winson (Taiqiang) Precision Manufacturing (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd
(Supplier Of Mattel)
(Supplier Of Disney)
(Supplier Of Walmart)
Lack of protective equipment, while workers exposed to toxic chemicals. Workload reaching 11 hours/day, 6 days/week. Cramped dormitories containing 12 people/room.Shenzhen, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchDiscrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance, Unpaid Wages
20/11/2015Jetta (Guangzhou) Industries Co., Ltd.
(Supplier Of Hasbro)
Low wages and lack of safety precautions among other problems at toy factory.Foshan, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchDiscrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Inspection Fraud, Occupational Hazard, Unpaid Insurance
18/11/2015HEG Technology Co., Ltd
(Supplier Of Samsung)
(Supplier Of OPPO Electronics)
(Supplier Of TCLCorporation)
(Supplier Of Huawei)
(Supplier Of BBK Electronics)
16-year old children and students in the production line; hiring discrimination; mandatory overtime; 11-12 hour daily shifts; 6 days/week; in 2014 peak season overtime reached 7 hours; overtime is necessary for workers to make ends meet.Huizhou, Guangdong, ChinaChina Labor WatchChild Labor, Discrimination, Excessive Work Hours, Forced Overtime, Non-Living Wage