…A report from the New York-based China Labor Watch found that the Hengyang Foxconn plant in Hunan province, which primarily makes devices for Amazon, relies on temporary workers with a high turnover rate, pays them far less than the local average, and puts them on long, unpaid vacations…

A China Labor Watch investigator went undercover as a worker to interview 20 other workers at this factory and to observe conditions…He found that workers are supposed to earn an hourly wage of 14.5 RMB ($2.26), but that’s actually a base wage of 13.5 RMB ($2.11) with a 1 RMB hourly attendance bonus that’s hard to earn…Even though Chinese law says that monthly overtime shouldn’t exceed 36 hours, Foxconn workers at this factory were found to put in over 100 hours of overtime each month during peak production season. The report finds that some workers worked 14 days in a row with no days off…

The factory has no medical facilities or hospital on site, so any injured workers have to be transported to a hospital that’s farther away. Another work hazard is the lack of fire safety: there are no exits or labeled escape routes and no fire safety drills. Similar to other factories that China Labor Watch has reported on, there’s no labor union for the Hengyang workers…

…Amazon responded to the report in a letter to China Labor Watch, stating, “Amazon takes reported violations of our Supplier Code of Conduct extremely seriously...which states suppliers must provide workers a safe and healthy work environment, working hours must not exceed the maximum amount permitted by law, and suppliers must pay their workers in a timely manner and provide compensation (including overtime pay and benefits) that, at a minimum, comply with applicable laws.”