Assignment review has spoken with several employees at the Swedish shoe manufacturer Kavat's factory in Bosnia.
They can not live on their salaries and testify that they do not dare to speak freely, neither with management nor colleagues, for fear of reprisals.
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"Vanja", who was previously employed, was forced out of her job when she became pregnant.
One day she was told that the director of the factory in Bosnia had decided that those who did not work overtime for three days could go home, she says.
Overtime would then continue uninterrupted for a month.
- I said that I would work the three days not to get fired, but that I was pregnant and feeling bad.
"A bit like the movie Dirty dancing"
She was then summoned to the director's office and told that she had been fired.
According to the company, it was due to lack of work.
The company has also accused "Vanja" of having sewn bad seams on 500 pairs of shoes.
A Bosnian court has ruled that "Vanja's" dismissal was incorrect where Kavat did not state a valid reason why she was allowed to leave.
According to the ruling, Kavat must give "Vanja" financial compensation for lost income, payment of pension contributions - but also offer her employment again.
- If we have made a mistake then we say that we have made a mistake.
It's a bit like the movie Dirty dancing, says Kavat's CEO Magnus Ericson.
Kavat has appealed the verdict.
"Vanja" is actually called something else.