"Joc Myanmar Garment Factory workers' rights funds are being cut", 20 May 2024

The workers of the Joc Myanmar Garment Factory say that workers' rights are being cut. It is reported that the factory...[produces for] TIGORA...

The workers said that in addition to the cut of daily wages, there is also a postponement of the money to which full-year workers are entitled.

The workers said that they are forcing them to sign overtime 2 weeks in advance without asking the workers' consent to work overtime...

The working hours of the Joc Myanmar factory are 8 am to 6 pm (with 2 overtime hours), but starting next week, the workers said that they will be asked to work overtime until 7 pm and give half an hour of rest.

A worker said that the factory workers could not refuse overtime and were threatened with slander and employment...

At Joc Myanmar Garment Factory, lunch time is divided into 2 hours, and at 11:30 and 12:00, they have half an hour to eat lunch. But the workers said that from the time they returned to work, they had to work continuously until 6 p.m. without stopping...

In addition, the workers said that they were hurt because the factory reduced the payment of the April wages by saying that the workers' compensation (expert's fee) was not included in the calculation of public holidays...

One of the aggrieved workers also said that they have complained that their bonuses have been cut...

[Translation via Google Translate]