Taiwan: Investigation reveals migrant workers from SE Asia manufacturing auto parts for Japanese automakers reportedly at risk of forced labour
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 4 Mär 2024
Standort: Taiwan
Unternehmen
Kuozui Motors - Employer , Toyota - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Vietnam , Herstellung: Allgemein , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Themen
Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Verweigerung der freien MeinungsäußerungAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Toyota said that it is now working on the Kuozui Motors case and that " suppliers should not exploit employees with high recruitment fees and other costs that are considered unreasonable by international norms.” Kuozui Motors refused to disclose any information about its recruitment process. In April, Toyota said, "We have confirmed that there are no unreasonable fees being imposed on migrant workers at Kuozui Motors, in alignment with local laws and societal norms."
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 4 Jun 2024
Standort: Taiwan
Unternehmen
Honda - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Herstellung: Allgemein , Gender not reported )Themen
PersonalbeschaffungsgebührenAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Honda declined to disclose the nationalities of its current employees or its recruitment practice in Taiwan.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 4 Jun 2024
Standort: Taiwan
Unternehmen
Canon - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Herstellung: Allgemein , Gender not reported )Themen
PersonalbeschaffungsgebührenAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: The company's migrant employees were reimbursed for recruitment fees in December 2022, and former employees were reimbursed in March 2023, said Canon, but declined to disclose the reimbursement amount.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
"台湾の日系自動車向け部品会社で強制労働の疑惑," 4 March 2024
[Unofficial description by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]
In the process of Japanese automakers' local subsidiaries and partners employ migrant workers, workers are owing large sums of money to brokers and others in their home countries. Workers who took on high debt to get a job could feel forced to put up with unfavorable working conditions as they are tied to their jobs by debt.
Toyota is currently investigating the working conditions for migrant workers at Lioho Machine Works (LMW) which produce auto parts for Toyota, Mitsubishi Motors, Honda, and Nissan. This article includes comments from Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi, Ford, and GM. Nissan refused to comment.