HONG KONG (AFP) — Workers at a Chinese factory making Disney toys are overworked, underpaid, exposed to dangerous toxins and forced to live in filthy conditions, a labour rights group said in a report Wednesday.
The study said factory workers complained they were forced to work 28 days a month and up to 15 hours a day.
Staff at Haowei Toys in southern China also are not allowed to take time off during peak seasons, according to the report released by the Students and Scholars against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM).
"The conditions reflect the failure of Disney to monitor and respond effectively to violations of their code of conduct and the workers' rights the code professes to defend," the report said.
Staff are paid 2.5 yuan (32 US cents) per hour, 62.5 percent of the legal minimum wage of 4.02 yuan, while overtime premiums are also below the minimum required by law, said the report compiled from interviews with 35 employees. The employees are also charged for bathroom breaks.
