Myanmar: Worker files complaint to Labour Office over denied medical leave
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 29 Nov 2023
Standort: Myanmar
Unternehmen
Sheng Mei - Supplier , LPP Spółka Akcyjna - Buyer , Shimamura - Buyer , New Yorker - Buyer , Bestseller - Buyer , Lidl - Buyer , Sinsay (part of LPP S.A.) - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Arbeiter: ( 1 - Location unknown , Kleidung & Textilien , Gender not reported )Themen
Denial of leave , Harassment (other than sexual) , Einschüchterung & DrohungenAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Sheng Mei allegedly supplies to Lidl, Shimamura, LPP S.A (for its Sinsay brand), BESTSELLER and New Yorker; Lidl, Shimamura, LPP S.A and BESTSELLER provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre. New Yorker did not.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 29 Nov 2023
Standort: Myanmar
Unternehmen
Sheng Mei - Supplier , LPP Spółka Akcyjna - Buyer , Shimamura - Buyer , New Yorker - Buyer , Bestseller - Buyer , Lidl - Buyer , Sinsay (part of LPP S.A.) - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Arbeiter: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Kleidung & Textilien , Gender not reported )Themen
Verweigerung von Vereinigungsfreiheit (siehe: Arbeit)Antwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Sheng Mei allegedly supplies to Lidl, Shimamura, LPP S.A (for its Sinsay brand), BESTSELLER and New Yorker; Lidl, Shimamura, LPP S.A and BESTSELLER provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre. New Yorker did not.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
"The worker who complained to the labor office was oppressed by the person in charge of the factory in various ways", 29 November 2023
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That factory is No. 12, Survey No. 49, It is said to be a garment factory located in the Watara Industrial Zone.
The worker said that he started working at the factory on June 1, 2022, and on August 23 this year, when he requested medical leave from the factory officials, he was denied.
Because he could not take medical leave, he personally went to the Labor Relations Department to complain, and after that, the person in charge of the entire factory, Mr. Ma Pai, frequently moved the worker who took leave to the work station, and shouted at him in public. If you can't do it, you can leave," he said, which he has been doing continuously until now.
Now, on November 24, the HR manager of the factory summoned me and said, "...I'll have to sign a promise that I won't miss a day."...
On November 2 this year, The worker said that on the 3rd and 21st days he was off work due to ill health.
Sheng Mei Garment Co; Ltd factory [supplies] FB SISTER, CLOSHI. The STUM group also said that the factory was sewing [for brands] such as sinsay, and violations such as discrimination and unfair pressure were occurring in the factory, and the entire labor union formed in the factory was fired.
[Translation via Google Translate]