22 nov 2019
Malaysia: Major rubber glove exporters linked to forced labour allegations; Includes company comments
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 22 nov 2019
Ubicación: Malasia
Empresas
Central Medicare - EmployerOtro
Not Reported ( Agencias de empleo ) - RecruiterAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Bangladés , Manufactura: General , Género no especificado ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Nepal , Manufactura: General , Género no especificado )Temas
Robo de salarios , Denegación de salida , Tasas de contratación , Retención de pasaportes , Servidumbre por deudas , Horarios de trabajo y tiempo libre razonables , Intimidación y AmenazasRespuesta
Respuesta solicitada: Sí, por The Diplomat
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Medidas adoptadas: Central Medicare did not reply to multiple requests for clarification.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 22 nov 2022
Ubicación: Malasia
Empresas
McKesson - Buyer , Cypress Medical Products - Buyer , Dynarex - Buyer , O&M Halyard - Buyer , YTY Industries - Employer , Owens & Minor - Buyer , Medline Industries - BuyerOtro
Not Reported ( Agencias de empleo ) - RecruiterAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Ubicación desconocida , Manufactura: General , Men , Documented migrants )Temas
Tasas de contratación , Intimidación y Amenazas , Retención de pasaportes , Servidumbre por deudas , Horarios de trabajo y tiempo libre razonables , Denegación de salidaRespuesta
Respuesta solicitada: Sí, por The Diplomat
Link externo para respuesta (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: 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.”
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 22 nov 2022
Ubicación: Malasia
Empresas
McKesson - Buyer , Cypress Medical Products - Buyer , Supermax Corporation - EmployerOtro
Not Reported ( Agencias de empleo ) - RecruiterAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Bangladés , Manufactura: General , Género no especificado , Unknown migration status )Temas
Tasas de contratación , Horarios de trabajo y tiempo libre razonables , Retención de pasaportes , Intimidación y Amenazas , Movilidad restringida , Robo de salariosRespuesta
Respuesta solicitada: Sí, por The Diplomat
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Medidas adoptadas: 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.”
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 22 nov 2019
Ubicación: Malasia
Empresas
McKesson - Buyer , Hartalega NGC - Employer , O&M Halyard - Buyer , Medline Industries - Buyer , Innovative Healthcare - Buyer , Cypress Medical Products - Buyer , Henry Schein - Buyer , Owens & Minor - BuyerOtro
Not Reported ( Agencias de empleo ) - RecruiterAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Ubicación desconocida , Manufactura: General , Género no especificado )Temas
Retención de pasaportes , Horarios de trabajo y tiempo libre razonables , Tasas de contrataciónRespuesta
Respuesta solicitada: Sí, por The Diplomat
Link externo para respuesta (Más información)
Medidas adoptadas: 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.”
Tipo de fuente: 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.”...