U.K.-based multinational groceries chain Tesco PLC has found abuses against migrant workers at its stores and distribution centres in Malaysia ...
U.K.-based multinational groceries chain Tesco PLC has found abuses against migrant workers at its stores and distribution centres in Malaysia and Thailand, it said in its annual modern slavery statement.
FILE PHOTO - Signage is seen outside a Tesco extra superstore near Manchester, Britain January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Phil NobleKUALA LUMPUR: U.K.-based multinational groceries chain Tesco PLC has found abuses against migrant workers at its stores and distribution centres in Malaysia and Thailand, it said in its annual modern slavery statement.
The company listed allegations based on interviews with 168 migrant workers in Malaysia and 187 in Thailand that included passport retention, unexplained and illegal wage reductions, heavy indebtedness to labour brokers and excessive overtime work.In Malaysia, the passports of 68 Indonesian and 171 Nepali workers were withheld, while 15 passports and up to 30 work permits were withheld by a supplier in Thailand.
"All passports were returned to workers and new policies and procedures introduced for when passports are required for work permit renewal or other government purposes," it said in the undated document.
Tesco commissioned an independent human rights consultancy, Impactt, in September last year to conduct an assessment of migrant workers' rights in stores and distribution centres in both countries. It also receives intelligence internally and from suppliers.
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