"After entering W&F GROUP Garment factory inspection, they asked to stay for more time", 2 July 2023

Workers at the W&F Group Garment Factory, who are being forced to work more than 80 hours a week, have been forced to work overtime for 6 days…3 days after the labor office inspected the factory, the factory workers said…

"…I worked 25 hours of overtime this week alone.” A female factory worker said.

In the last week of June, Shwepyitha Township Labor Office officials visited…W&F GROUP CO.,LTD, which sews SYLVIE MEIS brand clothes, because they were working 12 hours a day and 80 hours a week, 7 days a week.

Despite this inspection, the factory officials stopped overtime for only 3 days…

According to labor laws, a total of 60 hours of working time and overtime per week is allowed, and overtime is limited to 20 hours per week, 7 days a week, said a labor assistant.

Because of working overtime continuously, the workers are mentally, physically and emotionally [weak]. [A worker] told me that his physical strength has become weak.

"It's been more than 3 months that I've been working overtime like this. I don't feel like working anymore...But there is pressure. There is also [making a] livelihood…” said a W&F GROUP factory worker.

A worker told me that he often complained to the labor office officials about working overtime, but there was no change on the part of the factory…

W&F GROUP CO.,LTD's factory is in Yangon, Shwe Pytha Township, Watara Industrial Zone, It is said to [have] a workforce of around 800, located on Chan Din Road

[Translation via Google Translate]