Malaysia: Medical gloves factories accused of forced labour, debt bondage, & passport confiscation
Résumé
Date indiquée: 9 Déc 2018
Lieu: Malaisie
Entreprises
NHS Supply Chain - Buyer , Owens & Minor - Buyer , Medline Industries - Buyer , Innovative Healthcare - Buyer , WRP - EmployerAutre
Not Reported ( Cabinets de recrutement ) - RecruiterConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Népal , Industries : Généralités , Gender not reported ) , Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 2 - Lieu inconnu , Industries : Généralités , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Heures supplémentaires obligatoires , Conservation des documents d'identité , Salaire impayé , Mobilité restreinte , Santé et sécurité au travail , Conditions de vie précaires/inadaptées , Travail forcé et esclavage moderne , Frais de recrutementRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par The Guardian
Lien externe vers la réponse: (En savoir plus)
Mesures prises: WRP chief executive, Lee Son Hong, denied the allegations as “baseless”, saying the company had “never forced any worker to work 12 hours a day without a day of rest in a week”. “We are appalled that the issue of withholding pay and payment is made once every three months is brought up as we pay monthly wages according to the Malaysian Employment Act,” Lee said. Lee also denied workers were not free to leave the factory premises and they do not confiscate workers’ passports, but kept them in accessible lockers. “Our workers want us to keep their passports for safekeeping,” Lee insisted. An NHS Supply Chain spokesperson said: “NHS Supply Chain takes all allegations of labour abuses in its supply chain very seriously, and we have range of contractual arrangements and initiatives in place to try and prevent such situations arising.”
Type de source: News outlet
"Malaysian factories accused of 'forced labour' make rubber gloves for Britain's health service", 9 December 2018
Britain is launching an investigation into medical gloves used by its health service after reports of forced labour, forced overtime, debt bondage, withheld wages and passport confiscation in Malaysian factories where they were made.
...Top Glove and WRP – are allegedly subjecting thousands of migrant workers from Nepal and Bangladesh to exploitative working conditions....
...Top Glove...released a statement..."Lengthy working hours are our main concern and we continue to explore every possible way to address the issue of our workers' excessive daily OT," the company said.
..."Top Glove adopts a zero-tolerance policy with any regard to the abuse of human's rights at all levels," said the statement. "In fact our human/labour rights and health initiatives exceed those of the glove industry average."
WRP chief executive, Lee Son Hong, denied the allegations as "baseless", saying the company had "never forced any worker to work 12 hours a day without a day of rest in a week".
"We are appalled that the issue of withholding pay and payment is made once every three months is brought up as we pay monthly wages according to the Malaysian Employment Act," Lee said.
Lee also denied workers were not free to leave the factory premises and they do not confiscate workers' passports, but kept them in accessible lockers. "Our workers want us to keep their passports for safekeeping," Lee insisted.