Fast fashion giant Shein to spend R263m on factories after labour abuse claims | Business

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Fast-fashion giant Shein will spend $15 million (R263 million) upgrading hundreds of factories after an investigation found that two of its suppliers’ warehouses are flaunting local working-hour regulations. | News24_Business

The Chinese retailer will spend the money over the next three to four years, Shein said Monday. The move is in response to allegations of labour abuse in a recent UK television that found that employees at two factories in China were working 18-hour days and fined for making mistakes.

Shein said it has reduced orders from two factories where employees were having to work longer hours than permitted by local regulations - an independent review found employees working as many as 13.5 hours a day. Shein has given the suppliers until the end of December to reduce the time. However, the company denied its factories withhold worker salaries or illegally deduct wages if targets aren’t met.

Shein faces growing criticism over its environmental, social and governance record practices, including worker exploitation and copyright theft. The online behemoth has

 

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