24 Sept 2015

The widespread use of short-term contracts in Cambodia’s garment industry has come under fire in a new report, which looks at ongoing issues with the practice at H&M supplier factories amid pledges of reform…Despite apparent efforts from H&M to address the issue, workers from three of its supplier factories in Cambodia said fixed-duration had led them not to exercise rights such as taking sick leave or refusing overtime because of a “widespread and continuous fear of not having their contract renewed”…H&M…acknowledged that the “illegal use of short-term employment is an industry-wide problem”, which it said it was attempting to address by working closely with trade unions, civil society and other stakeholders…