4 mar 2024
Taiwan: Investigation reveals migrant workers from SE Asia manufacturing auto parts for Japanese automakers reportedly at risk of forced labour
Resumo
Data informada: 4 mar 2024
Localização: Taiwan
Empresas
Toyota - Buyer , Kuozui Motors - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Vietnã , Manufatura: geral , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Temas
Taxas de Recrutamento , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Privação da liberdade de expressão , Servidão por dívidaResposta
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Medidas tomadas: Toyota said that it is now working on the Kuozui Motors case and that " suppliers should not exploit employees with high recruitment fees and other costs that are considered unreasonable by international norms.” Kuozui Motors refused to disclose any information about its recruitment process. In April, Toyota said, "We have confirmed that there are no unreasonable fees being imposed on migrant workers at Kuozui Motors, in alignment with local laws and societal norms."
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
Resumo
Data informada: 4 jun 2024
Localização: Taiwan
Empresas
Honda - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Localização desconhecida , Manufatura: geral , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Temas
Taxas de Recrutamento , Servidão por dívidaResposta
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Medidas tomadas: Honda declined to disclose the nationalities of its current employees or its recruitment practice in Taiwan.
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
Resumo
Data informada: 4 jun 2024
Localização: Taiwan
Empresas
Canon - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Localização desconhecida , Manufatura: geral , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Temas
Taxas de RecrutamentoResposta
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Medidas tomadas: The company's migrant employees were reimbursed for recruitment fees in December 2022, and former employees were reimbursed in March 2023, said Canon, but declined to disclose the reimbursement amount.
Tipo de fonte: News outlet
"台湾の日系自動車向け部品会社で強制労働の疑惑," 4 March 2024
[Unofficial description by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]
In the process of Japanese automakers' local subsidiaries and partners employ migrant workers, workers are owing large sums of money to brokers and others in their home countries. Workers who took on high debt to get a job could feel forced to put up with unfavorable working conditions as they are tied to their jobs by debt.
Toyota is currently investigating the working conditions for migrant workers at Lioho Machine Works (LMW) which produce auto parts for Toyota, Mitsubishi Motors, Honda, and Nissan. This article includes comments from Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi, Ford, and GM. Nissan refused to comment.