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25 Nov 2013

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SACOM (Hong Kong)

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SACOM’s investigation finds the following major labour rights abuses: Excessive working hours: Workers are forced to sign an “application for voluntary overtime”. They have to work 11 hours a day and seven days a week during the peak production time; and they have only a 24-hour break at the end of each month for shift change; Numerous suicides in the factory: At least five incidences of suicide have taken place in the factory since 2011; Blank work contract: Workers are asked to sign a blank work contract, and they have to turn in their copy when they resign. This makes workers unable to prove their working relation with the factory; Serious work injuries: Work injuries are common in the factory, and injured workers cannot get reasonable compensation as entitled by the Law; Irregular pay day: The factory changes the pay day at will and does not follow clauses and conditions of the work contract; Military-style management: The punitive system is unfair and there is massive use of security to control workers’ activities...