Several South Korean garment manufacturers operating in Myanmar are reportedly defied the established labour laws by not adhering to the overtime rules.
According to a report released on March 25 by Action Labor Rights, an advocacy group in Myanmar, almost 30 per cent of factories wholly or jointly run by Korean firms regularly violate labour law, including a 16-hour weekly limit on overtime.
Out of the 1,200 employees working in 39 factories who were interviewed for the purpose of the report, 62 per cent reported not being able to refuse work beyond the legal time limit, while 63 per cent said they did not earn enough to have a decent life. In addition, 15 per cent workers said they had worked extra hours without compensation. Meanwhile, 30 per cent of the workers claimed that they received payslips written only in Korean or
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