Myanmar: Garment workers at Textile Palace forced to work overtime and denied leave to meet increasing targets
Özet
Date Reported: 7 Ara 2021
Lokasyon: Myanmar
Şirketler
Textile Palace - Supplier , OVS SpA - Former buyer , Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) - Buyer , Kiabi - BuyerEtkilenenler
Total individuals affected: 2500
İşçiler: ( 2500 - Lokasyon bilinmiyor , Giyim ve tekstil , Gender not reported )Meseleler
Mandatory overtime , Excessive production targets , Denial of leave , DismissalYanıt
Response sought: Yes, by BHRRC
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Action taken: Textile Palace allegedly supplies to H&M, KIABI and OVS S.p.A; H&M, KIABI and OVS S.p.A provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre. OVS S.p.A stated the factory was a subcontracted factory that had been used Jul-Aug 2020.
Source type: Social Media
...Textile Palace garment factory from Mhawbi township, producing for H&M is forcing workers to [complete] higher target[s] which [are] not possible to meet and forced overtime. Leave...[is] not allowed and some workers were dismissed [for] taking leave...Workers have to sign a warning letter if they do not meet the target.
Workers are asked to sign on the warning letter if they are taking leave...
The factory can dismiss workers after...the warning letter [is signed twice]...