As reported, the South Korean tech giant Samsung inspected last September more than a hundred of its suppliers from China due to report of alleged child labor.
However, during a face-to-face ID checks, Samsung found no evidence of child labor but instead, the probe team discovered some irregular employment practices that needed to be addressed immediately.
Some of the unfair employment practices that Samsung discovered include excessive overtime and a system of fines imposed for tardiness and absenteeism by some of its suppliers.
Therefore, Samsung is now seeking ways to develop measures that will absolutely eliminate hours beyond legal limits by the end of 2014, according to the tech giant. In addition, it pledged that all its 249 suppliers would be monitored by a third party audit program.
Also, as a part of its preventive measures, Samsung asked all of its suppliers to adopt a new hiring process. Moreover, it likewise required them to correct irregularities in employment contracts, and to provide adequate safety equipments as well as safety trainings. It also warned suppliers that anyone caught violating the child labor act will have its contract terminated.
Furthermore, Samsung claimed that all the suppliers’ managers will receive additional training about sexual harassment and verbal and physical abuse. Meanwhile, the same encourages employees to report any inhumane treatment or labor violations in its established hotlines. Therefore, several Los Angeles employment lawyers are pretty impressed that the tech giant itself was the one that directly led the investigation to correct the irregularities.
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