Samsung again denied the use of child labor

Shortly after Samsung’s large-scale “rectification” of 105 Chinese suppliers, China Labor Watch (hereinafter referred to as “CLW”), the US labor rights protection organization, recently released a report saying that the organization has discovered new Evidence shows that Samsung's supplier, Shenzhen hensal International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. (HTNS Shenzhen, referred to as “Genau”) has employed underage child labor and other abuses.

In the latest report, CLW stated that after investigators visited the above-mentioned factories, they discovered that the Henona-based factory responsible for assembling Samsung mobile phones employed at least three girls under the age of 16 and provided photos of the three employees. Job number. The organization pointed out that Samsung had said in its response two weeks ago that the company did not find any child labor during the audit of this factory in September this year.

CL Qian’s founder Li Qiang told the “First Financial Daily” reporter that the reason why child workers under the age of 16 were found was because some of the labor companies had imported child labor for the credential to enroll in Genaro. Take a blind eye with one eye. The CLW report stated: "The three girls are treated the same as adult workers. They work more than 13 hours a day, and overtime pay is lower than the legal standard."

CLW said: "Investigators found child labor in other Samsung foundry business."

In addition to employing child labor, CLW stated that it has also found other violations in this factory with thousands of workers, such as forced overtime, forced labor, extremely low overtime pay, brutal management of personnel, discrimination in employment, and failure to meet legal standards. Safety training, employees cannot resign, and dispatch workers are heavily used.

However, Samsung quickly found out that the Chinese foundry, HTNS Shenzhen, did not have the problem of employing child laborers. At a meeting on December 14th, CLW pointed out that a worker under the age of working age himself said at the meeting, "I am already 18 years old and I really do not understand what this has to discuss."

Samsung said that at the same time, two other employees under the age of 18 who were identified by CLW have also been investigated. After the electronic device authentication of the anti-counterfeiting identity certificate, the two have indeed reached the legal working age.

In response, Samsung said that in order to avoid the occurrence of child labor incidents, it began to review the employment practices of Chinese foundries from September and introduced a new recruitment policy to ensure the authenticity of personal information. These policies include one-on-one interviews, electronic device testing of identity documents, and training of managers and HR individuals.

After CLW issued multiple doubt reports, Samsung has conducted a survey on the work environment of 105 Chinese suppliers who only supplied Samsung, saying that some companies did have excessive employee overtime, not signing contracts, and other violations of labor rights. However, no child labor was found, and said that before the end of the year, the investigation of the remaining 144 suppliers to Samsung and other companies will be completed. It is reported that in 2013, Samsung will commission a third-party EICC to assist investigations. If there is any act of child labor, Samsung will immediately terminate the contract.