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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia aims to file 30 charges against glove maker Brightway Holdings Sdn Bhd and two of its subsidiaries, after raids that found workers’ accommodation was not up to legal standards.
The Labour Department, part of the Ministry of Human Resources, conducted a raid on one of the glove-making factory in Kajang district, just outside Kuala Lumpur, last week where they found workers living in cramped, dirty shipping containers stacked behind the premises.
The ministry said in a statement late on Sunday it had found “facilities that do not meet the minimum standard specifications” and the employer did not have a proper certificate of accommodation.
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Malaysia s Labor Department, part of the Ministry of Human Resources, conducted a raid on one of the glove-making factory in Kajang district, just outside Kuala Lumpur, last week where they found workers living in cramped, dirty shipping containers stacked behind the premises.
The ministry said in a statement late on Sunday it had found facilities that do not meet the minimum standard specifications and the employer did not have a proper certificate of accommodation.
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 28): Malaysia aims to file 30 charges against glove maker Brightway Holdings Sdn Bhd and two of its subsidiaries, after raids that found workers accommodation was not up to legal standards.
The Labour Department, part of the Ministry of Human Resources, conducted a raid on one of the glove-making factory in Kajang district, just outside Kuala Lumpur, last week where they found workers living in cramped, dirty shipping containers stacked behind the premises.
The ministry said in a statement late on Sunday it had found facilities that do not meet the minimum standard specifications and the employer did not have a proper certificate of accommodation.
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Malaysia: Glove manufacturer Brightway Holdings denies allegations that hundreds of workers are living in shipping containers in squalid conditions following govt. raid UPDATE 1-Malaysian glove maker denies its workers are living in shipping containers , 21 December 2020
A Malaysian glove maker has denied hundreds of its workers are living in metal shipping containers in squalid conditions that the countryâs human resources minister described as modern slavery.
Ministry officials on Monday conducted a raid on a glove-making factory in Kajang district, just outside Kuala Lumpur, where they found workers living in cramped, dirty shipping containers stacked behind the premises.