Myanmar: Garment workers who quit their job over pay not paid full wages
အကျဉ်းချုပ်
Date Reported: 25 Apr 2024
Location: Myanmar
Companies
LC Waikiki - Former buyer , Auchan - Reported buyer , Tom Tailor - Former buyer , Kapalua - Buyer , Lat War Garment - Supplier , Mavi - Reported buyer , Regatta - Reported buyerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Workers: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Clothing & textile , Gender not reported )Issues
Wage TheftResponse
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Action taken: Lat War Garment allegedly supplies to or has supplied to Regatta, LC Waikiki, Tom Tailor, Auchan, Mavi and Kapaula; LC Waikiki, Regatta, Mavi and Auchan provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre. Auchan and Regatta stated they do not source from the factory. Lapaula did not respond. LC Waikiki previously informed us it had last sourced from the factory in early 2023. Tom Tailor previously informed us that its final orders in Myanmar were completed in 2022.
Source type: News outlet
"Quitting employees are being cut without full pay", 25 April 2024
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The workers said that they are suffering from a bad situation because the workers who quit their jobs have not been paid the full salary that they are supposed to be paid.
The worker said that...[workers at] LAT WAR (3) COMPANY LIMITED garment factory opened in Hlaing Thayar Township Industrial Zone 2, Yangon Province...[are] having a hard time because the workers who quit their jobs have not been paid in full.
KAPALUA, REGATA, and MAVI...are major brand companies [sourcing from the factory], and although there is a labor coordination committee in the workplace, they are unable to resolve the violation.
...[the] workers who quit their jobs were paid 4,800 kyats as a day allowance and 10,000 kyats as an overtime allowance...
The worker said, "I'm being exploited. I work to death...I quit my job. I'm not able to pay for my family's food...The amount cut by the employer due to the factory's salary system is nothing. But for the workers, it's a very important amount to eat and live," the worker said...
The factory with more than 500 workers is sewing protective industrial products...
When they try to quit their jobs, they don't get full wages in the workplaces of industrial zones. In addition to the low wages, due to the effects of the military service law, it is no longer easy to work and eat, so many people are leaving the workplace.
[Translation via Google Translate]