India: Notice issued to Hirajuli Tea Estate over failure to provide medical facilities for workers
Resumo
Data informada: 31 Jan 2022
Localização: Índia
Empresas
Hirajuli Tea Estate - Supplier , Tetley (part of Tata Consumer Products) - BuyerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores: ( Número desconhecido - Localização desconhecida , Chá , Gender not reported )Temas
Occupational Health & SafetyResposta
Resposta solicitada: Sim, por BHRRC
História contendo resposta (Saiba mais)
Medidas tomadas: Hirajuli Tea Estate supplied to Tetley and Unilever, according to the BHRRC Tea Supply Chain Tracker Tetley and Unilever provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre. Tetley informed the Resource Centre that they did not source from the estate in 2022.
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
"Show cause notice issued to Hirajuli Tea Estate", 31 Jan 2022
Show cause notice has been issued to Hirajuli Tea Estate management...for not providing medical facilities to tea garden workers as per the provisions of the Plantations Labour Act and rules.
... Hirajuli Tea Estate management allegedly failed to provide proper hospital, kitchen and sanitary arrangements in the estate hospital ... the tea garden management [was also urged] to extend cooperation [for] COVID vaccination and to follow COVID protocol as advised by the government ... tea garden management [was also directed] to appoint the required number of medical and paramedical staff immediately.