Excessive recruitment fees are an omnipresent burden…

…two manufacturers have reimbursed over $2.5 million in total to migrant employees…

… Bosch and Hella have imported … from Chin Poon Industrial (CPI)… It also supplies General Motors and Opel …Magna, Visteon, and Continental. Continental has also imported… from … Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation (SSFC), which also supplies Niagara Bottling, which makes … water bottles … for customers such as Walmart. Until the end of 2022, DSM and Dupont also sourced from SSFC.

All of these companies – except Opel, Magna, and Visteon – told The Diplomat that they commit to zero-fee recruitment…

… Following our report, several buyers addressed the problems…

… CPI had reimbursed its migrant employees a flat rate…

… None of our interviewees was reimbursed in full…

Hella…said that “recruitment fees for which there is written evidence… were reimbursed.”…

Bosch…claimed that “CPI complies with RBA standards.” … Opel…said that “Opel and Stellantis are in … alignment with the RBA standards”…

… GM told us that it “immediately engaged the suppliers…

… “SSFC’s zero-payment policy means that SSFC will pay for the fees that are charged legally…”, said SSFC.

… BlackRock, Vanguard and SSGA, and Norway’s State Pension Fund, …are top shareholders of one or both the suppliers…