Myanmar: Garment worker dismissed for not working overnight due to exhaustion
Summary
Date Reported: 20 Jul 2023
Location: Myanmar
Companies
Hong Miao Garment - Supplier , Shimamura - Reported buyer , Paseos - BuyerAffected
Total individuals affected: 1
Workers: ( 1 - Location unknown , Clothing & textile , Gender not reported )Issues
Dismissal , Mandatory overtime , Occupational Health & SafetyResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: Hong Miao Garment allegedly supplies to Shimamura for its Closshi brand and Paseos for its Suffuse brand; Shimamura provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre, stating it does not source from the factory. Paseos did not respond.
Source type: Social Media
…An employee of HONG MIAO Garment Co…was fired illegally.
On July 15th, 2023, he was forced to [work overtime] all night and [had to] work until 12:00 p.m. The worker who was fired had pain all over his body and was unable to work at all, so he rested at the designated rest area.
All super[visors] encouraged him to continue working, but [because] the worker [had] to work all night continuously [since 10 July],…he was too tired to continue working.
[Because] he didn't [work] until dawn…he was fired by the HR manager when he went [back] to work on Monday.
When asked why he was fired, he commented that he was fired because he found a water bottle with [betel nut] spit under the ironing board.
As a reason to fire a worker, [they are] just [using] the betel nut as an alibi.
Calling [for overtime] all night [is] against the law and forcing the workers to [work and] put unfair pressure on them is [Forced labour]. It does not meet the standards of the ILO.
I would like to inform the public about the fact that the factory…has not taken any effective action…
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