Fast fashion retailer Shein has vowed to invest millions in improving standards after he admitted to violating labor rights at his suppliers’ factories.
According to a Channel 4 documentary, garment workers in factories in China often work up to 18 hours a day, earn only 3p per person, have no days off and only one day off a month.
Shane has pledged to invest $15m (£12.2m) to set up a whistleblowing scheme that will allow contract factory workers to submit complaints, feedback and suggestions anonymously via email, phone or WeChat “to support our monitoring efforts and management”. compliance with our Code of Conduct and Enforcement of Employee Rights.”
Shein acknowledged that employees had to work late hours, but stated that “although this is significantly less than stated in the documentation, it is still more than local regulations allow.”
Abuse of work, underlined Ishowed that workers in supply factories were fined two-thirds of their daily wages for a single mistake.
The Rolling Stones then demanded that their merchandising deal with Shein be cancelled. I warned the group about allegations of violation of labor rights in the supply chain of a Chinese company.
Other claims related to factory practices, Shein denied in the documentation of the results of studies commissioned by the company by independent experts Intertek and TUVR.
Wages in the Chinese factories at the heart of the allegations are said to be “significantly” higher than the local minimum wage in southern China’s Guangzhou and higher than the average wage for workers in the region’s clothing industry. Allegations that factories withhold workers’ wages or illegally withhold wages are also untrue, she added.
He denied that the workers were paid as little as one penny per finished product and insisted that they were paid for every step of the clothing manufacturing process.
A Chinese fashion retailer said it cut orders at both factories where workers were forced to work longer hours than local regulations allow, after an independent study showed workers were working up to 13.5 hours a day. Shein gave suppliers until the end of December to reduce hours.
Shein denied that his factories withheld wages or workers’ wages when production plans were not met.
The company is facing harsh criticism for its environmental and corporate practices, including exploitation of workers who make clothes and copyright theft.
Shane makes billions of pounds by posting thousands of new designs daily on his fascinating website and selling them for less than anyone else. Shein was last valued at $50bn (£40.7bn) in early 2021; In the same year, sales rose 57 percent to $15.7 billion.
He also faced claims that clothing exported abroad was made from cotton from China’s Xinjiang region, where fabric production has been linked to allegations of forced labor by Xinjiang’s Uyghurs.
The retailer insists it is taking action in all of its markets “to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations.” Its website says it conducts regular inspections to “ensure a zero-tolerance policy on forced labor and other environmental and social issues.”
Adam Winston, Global Head of ESG (Environment, Social Responsibility and Governance) at Shein, said: “We take our responsibility to protect the well-being of the employees of all our suppliers very seriously. Through the Shein Responsible Sourcing Program (SRS), we have worked diligently with our contractors to improve welfare and working conditions.
“We are now planning to double our investment in the SRS program to further improve supplier management.” efficient action.”
Source: I News
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