AN INTERNAL AUDIT by top high-street retailer Monsoon has uncovered that the company has been using child labour and underpaying workers, The Observer reports.
The chain, one of the pioneers of ethical fashion, discovered a catalogue of failures relating to a supplier in India that included the use of child labour and the cruel and inhumane treatment of staff.
It found:
- Children working in its supply chain
- Women working from home may have been paid less than the legal minimum wage
- Some workers are regularly required to work excessive overtime
- Conditions in suppliers’ factories sometimes break both local laws and the industry’s own ethical code
Chairman of Monsoon Peter Simon told The Observer: “We tirelessly monitor and work alongside our suppliers… Where we find an issue, we deal with it.”
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