17/03/2021
Wage theft and pandemic profits: The right to a living wage for garment workers - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
In all but one of the eight cases, at least a portion of wages, bene ts and severance are still owed
to workers months later, highlighting a signi cant gap between company commitments to
ensure full payment of wages and bene ts and implementation in factories. Three
cases are unresolved. In ve cases workers received a portion of what was owed, and in just one case
workers received the full amount owed to them.
Living wages are a human right and fundamental to a just recovery within the fashion industry. On
average, garment workers are paid four times less than a wage needed to live on. For this right to fair
wages to be realised, an overhaul of the commercial buying practices of fashion brands is
required, alongside the ability to enforce compliance.
Garment workers' monthly minimum vs living wage
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https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/briefings/wage-theft-and-pandemic-profits-the-right-to-a-living-wage-for-garment-workers/?fbcli…
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