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Wage Theft Continues to Debilitate Workers in Thailand As Tariffs Take Hold
Published: August 11, 2025
Body Fashion
Published: August 6, 2025
This report details findings of violations of workers’ rights, Thai law, and buyer codes of conduct by Body Fashion Ltd., a clothing manufacturer in Thailand. Body Fashion suspended workers without paying legally mandated wages and then terminated workers without payment of legally mandated severance and bonuses. Including unpaid wages, severance, notice pay, bonuses, and legally…
Nike Relents on Thai Wage Theft Case, Albeit With ‘Deficiencies’ in Plan
Published: April 29, 2025
Hong Seng Knitting
Published: April 21, 2025
In February 2025, Nike announced a remediation plan for the Hong Seng workers, finally acknowledging that workers’ rights were violated and that compensation is due. Nike’s compensation plan calls for workers to receive 100% of lost wages, consistent with the WRC’s long-standing recommendation, but the plan falls short in key areas, including the lack of any provision for interest. Most importantly, the plan provides only token compensation for the courageous worker leader who was forced to flee Thailand when, in retaliation for his advocacy, Hong Seng filed false criminal charges against him.
WRC Update: Nike Remediation Plan for Hong Seng Workers
Published: April 21, 2025
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Scott Nova Date: April 21, 2025 Re: WRC Update: Nike Remediation Plan for Hong Seng Workers I want to provide you with the WRC’s assessment of Nike’s current remediation plan for Hong Seng Knitting in Thailand: As always, please let us know if you have questions or would like to…
Thailand’s auditing industry fails to protect migrant workers: activists
Published: April 16, 2025
FLA Report on Hong Seng (Nike)
Published: December 17, 2024
December 17, 2024 Dear Colleagues, The Fair Labor Association (FLA) has issued a report on Hong Seng, the collegiate supplier factory in Thailand that forced workers to give up mandatory leave pay in clear violation of university standards. Nike has insisted that these workers gave up their pay voluntarily and has refused to ask the factory…
Heart and Mind Apparel Co., Ltd.
Published: October 21, 2024
A Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) investigation found that, at the time of its closure, Heart and Mind, a garment factory located in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, denied 98 of its employees approximately $150,000 in legally owed severance, of which roughly $78,000 is still unpaid. The factory had supplied children’s clothing to PVH Corp. (Tommy Hilfiger), El…
Hugo Boss—Heartless to Heart and Mind Workers, Workers Who Sewed for Brand at Thai Factory Denied Severance
Published: October 21, 2024
Hugo Boss continues to refuse to ensure that workers who made its branded clothes receive their legally owed severance at Heart and Mind, a garment factory that was located in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand and permanently closed on December 3, 2017. Hugo Boss is one of the largest German clothing brands, achieving record sales of EUR 4.2 billion…
A Wealthy Industrialist Stole $5 Million from Thai Garment Workers and Refuses to Pay It Back. Leading Apparel Brands Keep Doing Business with Him Anyway.
Published: August 6, 2025
Industrialist Robert Ng deprived 900 low-wage workers at his Thai production facility of $5 million in legally mandated compensation. Five years later, he still refuses to pay workers the money owed to them. His recalcitrance is being enabled by leading apparel brands and retailers in the US and Europe that continue to reward him with…