Myanmar: Garment workers at Textile Palace forced to work overtime and denied leave to meet increasing targets
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 7 Dez 2021
Standort: Myanmar
Unternehmen
Textile Palace - Supplier , OVS SpA - Former buyer , Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) - Buyer , Kiabi - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 2500
Arbeiter: ( 2500 - Location unknown , Kleidung & Textilien , Gender not reported )Themen
Mandatory overtime , Excessive production targets , Denial of leave , DismissalAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von BHRRC
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Textile Palace allegedly supplies to H&M, KIABI and OVS S.p.A; H&M, KIABI and OVS S.p.A provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre. OVS S.p.A stated the factory was a subcontracted factory that had been used Jul-Aug 2020.
Art der Quelle: Social Media
...Textile Palace garment factory from Mhawbi township, producing for H&M is forcing workers to [complete] higher target[s] which [are] not possible to meet and forced overtime. Leave...[is] not allowed and some workers were dismissed [for] taking leave...Workers have to sign a warning letter if they do not meet the target.
Workers are asked to sign on the warning letter if they are taking leave...
The factory can dismiss workers after...the warning letter [is signed twice]...