Mattel accused of labor abuse
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A US-BASED labor rights group yesterday accused toy giant Mattel over a series of violations at supplier factories in China, including failure to pay adequate wages.
China Labor Watch said it had found legal and ethical violations at six plants Mattel contracts work to, according to a report based on worker interviews and undercover investigations.
Among the issues were under-compensation through failure to pay overtime and provide mandatory insurance, the report posted on its website claimed.
The campaign group put the value of what it called “wage theft” at the six factories at between US$8 million and US$11 million annually. “One of the most alarming findings was the various methods — many illegal — that Mattel’s factories use to reduce their workers’ due wages and benefits,” it said. “Mattel’s factories achieve cost reductions through the degradation of labor conditions... Workers at the bottom of the system are forced to bear the brunt of this burden.”
Mattel, which is headquartered in the US state of California and includes Barbie dolls and Fisher-Price toys among its brands, could not be reached for comment. But one of the contractor companies named in the report, Dongyao Toy Co, denied any violations.
China Labor Watch said Dongyao, which is based in the southern city of Dongguan, failed to pay weekend overtime and recorded excessive overtime hours of up to 100 hours per month.
“We have purchased all the social insurance required, paid all the salaries according to contract,” a human resources official said.
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