A new report suggests that workers at some of its suppliers are still clocking 75 hours a week, despite assurances the company would improve labor standards.
The report is a follow-up investigation by Public Eye after it discovered excessive work hours at Shein suppliers in 2021, promoting negative press and promises from Shein to improve.
Workers make clothes at a garment factory that supplies SHEIN, a cross-border fast fashion e-commerce company in Guangzhou, in China's southern Guangdong province on July 18, 2022.As fast-fashion giant Shein prepares for an IPO in the U.S., a new report suggests that workers at some of its suppliers are still clocking 75 hour weeks, despite assurances the company would tighten its labor standards.
"he discussion on working hours and wages raised by Public Eye is important to us, and we have made significant progress on enhancing conditions across our ecosystem." Still, Public Eye argued that its investigation casts doubt over the factory audits commissioned by Shein, noting that they only focused on monthly pay, rather than hours worked by employees. The omission of working hours was part of a blatant "whataboutism," it added.
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