Taiwan: Investigation reveals migrant workers from SE Asia manufacturing auto parts for Japanese automakers reportedly at risk of forced labour
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 4 Mar 2024
Ubicación: Taiwán
Empresas
Kuozui Motors - Employer , Toyota - BuyerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Vietnam , Manufactura: General , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Temas
Tasas de contratación , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Negación de la libertad de expresiónRespuesta
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Medidas adoptadas: 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."
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 4 Jun 2024
Ubicación: Taiwán
Empresas
Honda - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Ubicación desconocida , Manufactura: General , Gender not reported )Temas
Tasas de contrataciónRespuesta
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Medidas adoptadas: Honda declined to disclose the nationalities of its current employees or its recruitment practice in Taiwan.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 4 Jun 2024
Ubicación: Taiwán
Empresas
Canon - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Ubicación desconocida , Manufactura: General , Gender not reported )Temas
Tasas de contrataciónRespuesta
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Medidas adoptadas: 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.
Tipo de fuente: 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.