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APS El Salvador
Country: El Salvador
Issues: Statutory Benefit Violations, Wage Theft
This report outlines the investigative findings and recommendations for remedial action of the WRC concerning unpaid wages, legal severance, and other terminal compensation owed to workers at the Salvadoran garment factory, APS El Salvador, which closed in August 2022. The WRC initiated an investigation into the factory’s failure to pay this compensation in response to…
Style Avenue S.A.
Country: El Salvador
Issues: Abuse and Harassment, Freedom of Association Violations, Health & Safety Violations, Overtime Violations, Statutory Benefit Violations, Wage Theft, Wrongful Termination
Style Avenue was found to have multiple and repeated labor rights violations, including forced overtime, illegal terminations, verbal abuse by management, failure to respect freedom of association, locking workers in the factory, excessive heat, and unsanitary conditions.
Update: Outerstuff Commits to Full Remediation at Style Avenue
Country: El Salvador
Issues: Wage Theft
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Scott Nova, Tara Mathur, Ben Hensler Date: March 12, 2024 Re: Update: Outerstuff Commits to Full Remediation at Style Avenue I am very pleased to report a positive resolution in the case of Style Avenue, the Salvadoran factory that closed last year owing workers back wages and legally…
Horizon Manufacturing
Country: Haiti
Issues: Wage Theft
The Horizon Manufacturing garment factory, located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, shut down operations in April 2022. At the time of the closure, the factory owner failed to pay the factory’s 532 employees more than $300,000 they were owed in terminal benefits as required by Haitian law. The violations by factory owners were remedied when factory buyers…
Industrial Hana
Country: Guatemala
Issues: Wage Theft
Industrial Hana, a garment factory in Guatemala, permanently closed operations in October 2023, failing to pay legally required severance to its 229 employees. The factory produced garments, under subcontracting relationships with other local manufacturers, for Lucky Brand, American Eagle Outfitters, Hanesbrands, and Gillz. Read More:
Guatemalan Factory That Produced Lucky Brands, American Eagle, Hanesbrands, and Gillz Closed Owing Workers $1.4 Million in Severance
Country: Guatemala
Issues: Wage Theft
Industrial Hana, a garment factory in Guatemala, permanently closed operations in October 2023. The factory shuttered operations on October 5, violating Guatemalan labor law by failing to pay severance to its 229 employees. Workers at the factory reported that, prior to its closure, the factory produced garments, under subcontracting relationships with other local manufacturers, for…
120 Indians facing exploitation in Jordan return with help from US-based organisation
Country: Jordan
Issues: Migrant Worker Abuse, Wage Theft
Case Update: Outerstuff/Style Avenue
Country: El Salvador
Issues: Wage Theft
February 8, 2024 Dear Colleagues, I write to update you on the nonpayment of $1.8 million in legally mandated compensation at Outerstuff’s supplier Style Avenue. I met with Outerstuff executives to discuss the case at the end of December. At that meeting, Outerstuff indicated that it would be sending the WRC a proposal to remediate the violations…
Garment workers have lost out on $4bn of severance pay, says rights group
Country: El Salvador
Issues: Wage Theft
WRC Secures Five Months’ Wages in Unpaid Severance for Workers of Former Workwear Factory in Haiti
Country: Haiti
Issues: Wage Theft
This past holiday season, former workers of Horizon Manufacturing, a garment factory in Haiti that made work uniforms for export to the United States, received more than $300,000 to correct nonpayment of severance they had been owed by the facility owner, since the factory closed in April 2022. Top workwear companies, Edwards Garment and Aramark…