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The labor violations were included in the company’s 2023 Sustainability Report, which was published Thursday. Known for its cheap, trendy clothing, the global giant valued at $66 billion has since ramped up audits of its manufacturers in China,Chinese fashion retailer Shein says it found two cases of child labor being used in its supply chain last year.Shein’s report did not detail where the children were being used but said orders were suspended from those suppliers, which were only used again once they “strengthened their processes for screening new hires.
Shein did not previously report the exact number of child labor cases, only the percentage of audits that found minors in the workplace — 1.8% in 2021, 0.3% in 2022 and 0.1% in 2023.Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in June expressed his “grave ethics concerns” over Shein’s alleged “deep ties to the People’s Republic of China” in a letter to then-UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.Rubio’s warnings came weeks after Swiss advocacy group Public Eye found that Shein workers were subject to “excessive overtime.