"Illegal day laborers fired due to being reported in the news", 6 February 2024

...Hige Fashion Accessories Myanmar (Myanmar) Co.,ltd factory, which sews brand clothes such as POKMON [and H&M], has fired more than 50 day laborers without giving any reason after reports of labor rights violations were reported on social media, the workers said.

Although the company operates with more than 400 workers, more than 200 are working as day laborers, and the day laborers are skilled workers who have been working for 3 to 8 months. They demanded that these day laborers be appointed as approved workers and that they do not violate labor rights by asking for[higher targets] than [what] the workers can handle in the workplace.

"Because day laborers are not approved, we are currently not allowed to add social security, and we do not get benefits related to that, and we are not allowed to enjoy the long Thingyan holiday...

According to Myanmar's labor law, day laborers are entitled to the same labor benefits as certified workers, but in practice, day laborers are easily fired from their jobs and are illegally forced to do so without giving them vacation benefits or social security benefits, labor activists say...

"The firing of day laborers without giving any reason by the employer is illegal, so we would like to resolve this," said the worker.

The workers said that they want to demand that the day laborers who were fired be rehired and that the day laborers not be fired illegally.

[Translation via Google Translate]