US: Customs and Border Protection detains imports from glove manufacturer Brightway over alleged forced labour
Resumo
Data informada: 20 Dez 2021
Localização: Malásia
Empresas
Ansell - Buyer , Brightway Holdings - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: 781
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Localização desconhecida , Manufatura: geral , Gender not reported )Temas
Trabalho Forçado e trabalho análogo à escravidão , Condições de vida precárias/inadequadasResposta
Response sought: Não
Medidas tomadas: In October 2024, it was reported that the U.S Customs & Border Protection, which had barred imports of disposable gloves, had allowed Brightway and its subsidiaries to resume exports to the USA after the company had "taken actions to fully remediate the forced labour indicators within its manufacturing process".
Tipo de fonte: Government publication
CBP issues Withhold Release Order on Brightway Group
[…] Effective December 20, 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel at all U.S. ports of entry will detain disposable gloves produced in Malaysia by Brightway Holdings Sdn Bhd, Laglove (M) Sdn Bhd, and Biopro (M) Sdn Bhd (collectively, Brightway Group).
CBP issued a Withhold Release Order against Brightway Group based on information that reasonably indicates the use of forced labor in that entity’s manufacturing operations. CBP identified 10 of the 11 International Labour Organization’s indicators of forced labor during its investigation. […]