A sewing company in Seiyo City, Ehime Prefecture, failed to pay overtime pay to Vietnamese technical interns. announced that it had donated 5 million yen.
We are also considering measures to prevent recurrence, such as strengthening audits of contractors.
In this issue, 11 Vietnamese technical intern trainees who worked at a sewing company in Seiyo City, Ehime Prefecture, have asked the company to pay a total of about 27 million yen, including overtime, since the year before. .
This sewing company is a secondary contractor for Wacoal, a major clothing company in Kyoto, and has ordered the production of pajamas through another primary contractor.
In this matter, Wacoal said that the sewing company had gone bankrupt, and that it had donated 5 million yen to an NPO that supports the trainees on the 6th, in order to have the trainees' living expenses covered. I made it
The amount of donation was decided based on the scale of the order placed with the sewing company.
On the other hand, Wacoal used to conduct surveys of subcontractors once every two years asking about the working environment of employees and wage payment status. We are considering
Wacoal commented, ``We recognize that all business activities must be based on respect for human rights, and we will take immediate measures to improve it.''