'If Erdos Myanmar workers miss a day, their Sunday wages will be cut', 26 July 2023

Erdos Myanmar workers said that if they miss a day of work, their wages for Sunday are also cut.

An Erdos Myanmar worker told Myanmar Labour News that these cuts were the decision of the factory manager alone.

"In many factories in Hlaing Thayar, if you miss a day, you will receive [a wage cut]... At this Erdos factory, wages are cut for Sundays as well. said Ma Kru Aye (name changed), an Erdos garment worker. Workers are suffering from income loss because they are not entitled to medical leave and seniority leave.

"A female worker came to the factory and worked for almost half a day. She had to go back home because of a health condition. The woman was not paid for the hours she worked because she was not given medical leave. I put that whole day on the absentee list.” Ma Kru Aye (name changed) told Myanmar Labour News.

...The workers said that monthly wage cuts were unclear and hourly demands were higher than usual.

The workers said that the woman in charge of the factory is calculating the benefits herself, and hadn't employed an accountant...

It is reported that workers at the Erdos Myanmar Garment Factory are working 4 hours of overtime every day and over 20 hours of overtime per week.

In addition, Ma Khin Swe (name changed), a garment worker, said that the workers who had to live in the dormitory inside the factory had to work until 12:00 at night.

"They gave me dormitories at the factory and asked me to work until 12 at night. Some of them work overtime almost 200 hours a month...." Ma Khin Swe said.

There is no clear communication from the factory regarding overtime recruitment and salary cuts...

...The Erdos Myanmar factory is registered with the Myanmar Investment Commission under the name of Erdos (Myanmar) Knitwear Company Limited and was established with foreign investment.

The factory is located in Shwe Lin Van Industrial Zone, Hlaing Tharya Township, Yangon...

(Translation via Google Translate)