Myanmar: Garment workers forced to work overtime following inspections
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 6 Jun 2023
Standort: Myanmar
Unternehmen
W&F Group - SupplierBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 800
Arbeiter: ( 800 - Location unknown , Kleidung & Textilien , Gender not reported )Themen
Mandatory overtime , Occupational Health & SafetyAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
"After entering W&F GROUP Garment factory inspection, they asked to stay for more time", 2 July 2023
Workers at the W&F Group Garment Factory, who are being forced to work more than 80 hours a week, have been forced to work overtime for 6 days…3 days after the labor office inspected the factory, the factory workers said…
"…I worked 25 hours of overtime this week alone.” A female factory worker said.
In the last week of June, Shwepyitha Township Labor Office officials visited…W&F GROUP CO.,LTD, which sews SYLVIE MEIS brand clothes, because they were working 12 hours a day and 80 hours a week, 7 days a week.
Despite this inspection, the factory officials stopped overtime for only 3 days…
According to labor laws, a total of 60 hours of working time and overtime per week is allowed, and overtime is limited to 20 hours per week, 7 days a week, said a labor assistant.
Because of working overtime continuously, the workers are mentally, physically and emotionally [weak]. [A worker] told me that his physical strength has become weak.
"It's been more than 3 months that I've been working overtime like this. I don't feel like working anymore...But there is pressure. There is also [making a] livelihood…” said a W&F GROUP factory worker.
A worker told me that he often complained to the labor office officials about working overtime, but there was no change on the part of the factory…
W&F GROUP CO.,LTD's factory is in Yangon, Shwe Pytha Township, Watara Industrial Zone, It is said to [have] a workforce of around 800, located on Chan Din Road
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