"Violation of labor rights at the Yangon Fukuyama Apparel garment factory", 24 November 2022

Yangon, Shwe Pytha Township, Workers' rights are being violated at the Yangon Fukuyama Apparel garment factory in the Watara Industrial Zone...

The owner of the factory...said that he fired a...employee for taking 3 days of sick leave within a period of 3 months.

The Myanmar employee who was dismissed took 1 day off in 1 month due to ill health during the work period, and took 3 days off in a period of 3 months.

As this is not covered by the law, labor activists said that the employer must resolve it.

A trade union leader said, “This employee is...[a] permanent employee...Employers don't give workers what they should get, such as casual leave and seniority leave. And he only took one day off a month because of his health...

The garment factory...blindly violates the rights and benefits mentioned in the labor law.

A legal expert working on labor issues said, "...This is the basic right of workers, so these benefits must be given. Another reason is why the workers don't have an EC contract. Don't you know that the employer must hand over the EC contract to the worker? Or there is a question as to why not. There are some who knowingly do not give...Now, I have asked the Department of Labor about this matter. But until now, nothing has been said," he said.

The garment factory...employs nearly 500 workers. The officials of Yangon Fukuyama Apparel Garment Factory have not been able to contact us regarding these violations of labor rights...

[Translation via Google Translate]