2019年11月22日
Malaysia: Major rubber glove exporters linked to forced labour allegations; Includes company comments
摘要
日期: 2019年11月22日
地點: 馬來西亞
企業
Central Medicare - Employer其他
Not Reported ( 職業介紹所 ) - Recruiter受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 孟加拉 , 製造業：綜合 , 未報告性別 ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 尼泊爾 , 製造業：綜合 , 未報告性別 )議題
Wage Theft , Denial of leave , 招聘費用 , 扣留身份證件 , Debt Bondage , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , 恐嚇和威脅回應
回應紀錄：是，由The Diplomat
回應的外部鏈接： (查看更多)
後續行動: Central Medicare did not reply to multiple requests for clarification.
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2022年11月22日
地點: 馬來西亞
企業
McKesson - Buyer , Cypress Medical Products - Buyer , Dynarex - Buyer , O&M Halyard - Buyer , YTY Industries - Employer , Owens & Minor - Buyer , Medline Industries - Buyer其他
Not Reported ( 職業介紹所 ) - Recruiter受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 , 製造業：綜合 , Men , Documented migrants )議題
招聘費用 , 恐嚇和威脅 , 扣留身份證件 , Debt Bondage , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Denial of leave回應
回應紀錄：是，由The Diplomat
回應的外部鏈接： (查看更多)
後續行動: YTY said “we absorb 100% of any recruitment fees in Malaysia, as well as all processing fees, transport and insurances costs, and other ancillary fees that may be required to bring foreign workers into Malaysia, and onto our premises.” However, all the interviewees said they had not been reimbursed for recruitment costs. YTY also said it was tightening recruitment procedures as it is “aware that certain local and foreign agents charge unreasonable recruitment fees to foreign workers.”
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2022年11月22日
地點: 馬來西亞
企業
McKesson - Buyer , Cypress Medical Products - Buyer , Supermax Corporation - Employer其他
Not Reported ( 職業介紹所 ) - Recruiter受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 孟加拉 , 製造業：綜合 , 未報告性別 , Unknown migration status )議題
招聘費用 , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , 扣留身份證件 , 恐嚇和威脅 , Restricted mobility , Wage Theft回應
回應紀錄：是，由The Diplomat
回應的外部鏈接： (查看更多)
後續行動: Supermax said in a statement that “All of the Supermax Group’s manufacturing facilities operate strictly in accordance with Malaysian Labor Law.” It did not comment directly on working conditions in Sungai Buloh, but said about its facilities there that “the glove manufacturing plant at Lot 38 will be shutting down for upgrading works commencing around Q1 in 2020,” and that Lot 42 was “the smallest plant in our manufacturing group and has been shut now for some 2 years after a small fire.”
資訊來源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2019年11月22日
地點: 馬來西亞
企業
McKesson - Buyer , Hartalega NGC - Employer , O&M Halyard - Buyer , Medline Industries - Buyer , Innovative Healthcare - Buyer , Cypress Medical Products - Buyer , Henry Schein - Buyer , Owens & Minor - Buyer其他
Not Reported ( 職業介紹所 ) - Recruiter受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 , 製造業：綜合 , 未報告性別 )議題
扣留身份證件 , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , 招聘費用回應
回應紀錄：是，由The Diplomat
回應的外部鏈接： (查看更多)
後續行動: Hartalega replied that workers do 12-hour shifts “purely on a voluntary basis and this is clearly communicated to workers during the recruitment process” and “if a worker does not wish to perform overtime, the worker can notify the Company in advance. We can then make alternative arrangements to ensure manufacturing operations are not disrupted.”
資訊來源: News outlet
"Clean Gloves, Dirty Practices: Debt Bondage in Malaysia's Rubber Glove Industry", 22 November 2019
On October 1... [the USA] announced an import ban on WRP’s gloves due to “evidence of multiple indicators of forced labor.” Previous media investigations of WRP found migrant workers subjected to passport confiscations, illegal withholding of pay, restricted freedom of movement, and more... Malaysia['s]... glove industry is the world’s biggest, supplying over half of the world’s annual demand of 300 billion rubber gloves...
At YTY Industries... [workers] said they have worked over two years with no free access to their passports. YTY Group published an extensive statement online, saying that it does “not hold the passports of any foreign workers other than for routine processing matters.” YTY said “we absorb 100% of any recruitment fees in Malaysia...” However, all the interviewees said they had not been reimbursed for recruitment costs. YTY also said it was tightening recruitment procedures...
Workers from Supermax and Hartalega NGC, two major glove exporters, mentioned fees up to $4,800 for agents and said it takes years to pay off money lenders’ high-rate loans...
Workers from Supermax facilities... said that passport retention for years was the norm until October, when Supermax started returning passports to workers. They work 12 hours per day, for up to 30 days without a rest day, and have to apply if they want more than one monthly off day, or else face wage deductions...
Supermax said in a statement that “All of the Supermax Group’s manufacturing facilities operate strictly in accordance with Malaysian Labor Law.”...
Hartalega said... it previously had a centralized facility for passport lockers where workers had “full and free access to their passports 24/7 without any restriction. In recent months... all workers keep their own passports at their personal lockable cabinets in their respective dorms.”...