According to the workers at S&K Luxury Packaging Vina Co. Ltd. located in Chon Thanh District, they have been working from 7:30 am to 9:30 pm between every Monday and Saturday. Employees even have to work until 11 pm on Sunday.
Workers of S&K VINA. S&K Luxury Packaging Ltd. Co.
According to the company’s regulations, the working time is 7:30 am to 4:30 pm.
In July, the workers had to work for up to 95 hours in total per week. The figure increased to 96 hours in August and 103 hours in September.
Ironically, despite doing overtime, the workers were asked to sign in a paper on their voluntary extra working hour registration.
Early October, Lee Hyeong Hun, Director of the company, issued a document, pledging to apply the extra working time of just 20-30 minutes from Monday to Friday. No extra working hours are imposed on Saturday. Extra working hours are only applied on Sunday in very necessary cases only. However, the situation has remained the same.
Due to exhaustion, lots of workers left the workplace by themselves. But the firm security officers prevented from doing so and told that they would not have a chance to return to work.
Overtime has severely affected their family life.
After the case was published, the company held a meeting with the workers, explaining that the extra working time was aimed to meet increasing orders.
The firm promised to recruit more workers and improve technologies to reduce the pressure for the workers as well as cut the working time in line with laws as soon as possible.
Pham Thi Ngoc Bich, head of the company’s Human Resources Board, said that from November, the workers will work for no more than 30 hours per week and overtime was voluntary.
Tran Huu Hien, a representative from Binh Phuoc’s Economic Zone Management Board, if the company failed to carry out its commitments, punishments will be imposed.
