"Mai Yi Bei Garment Says It Won't Pay Workers Back for Late Holidays"

The Mai Yi Bei Garment Manufacturing Co,.Ltd garment factory in Shwe Lin Baan Industrial Zone is saying that its employees who returned home after the holiday were told by their employer that they were not paid for the holiday because they returned to work one day late.

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The daily wage, including the allowance, is 7,800 baht per day, and the hourly wage for overtime is 1,500 baht. The factory ... is located in Shwe Lin Baan Industrial Zone, Hlaing Tharyar Township, Yangon, and employs more than 1,200 workers.

The workers said that the factory did not give them the holidays required by the Labor Law and that they were forced to work up to 40 pieces of cloth per hour. The workers said that the factory workers were forced to work overtime on Sundays, on weekends, and on weekends without pay, even though they did not meet the standard.

Many underage workers are also forced to work on an equal basis with adult workers without medical certificates. When labor inspection teams and trademark representatives visit the factory, the factory workers are told to stop working.

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[Translation via Google Translate]