Boohoo accused of 'slavery' as Leicester factory workers paid £3.50 an hour

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Boohoo accused of 'slavery' as Leicester factory workers paid £3.50 an hour
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BooHoo told investors on Monday that it will end relationships with any supplier it finds to have broken its code of conduct

mispractice on the factory floor and claimed to have been told that pay would be decided based on ‘how you work’.The fast-fashion retailer told investors on Monday that it will end relationships with any supplier it finds to have broken its code of conduct.But market analysts at Liberum said they believe the response from Boohoo ‘does not go far enough’.

‘The rest of the statement speaks of procedures and checks that management has already put in place, which if the allegations are true, have clearly not been robust enough to stop significant breaches happening. Allegations were also made that workers making clothes for Boohoo brand Nasty Gal were operating without social distancing measures in place.

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