Pandemic-era severance theft across the global apparel supply chain very likely exceeds half a billion dollars. binding agreement obligating them to make regular payments into a Severance Guarantee Fund that will step in to make workers whole whenever there is a case of large-scale nonpayment of severance.10 Such a system, backed up by an enforceable contract between brands and labor unions, is the only viable means to bring an end to the unconscionable reality, and the devastating human consequences, of chronic severance theft in the fashion industry’s supply chain. In this report, we: • review the history of severance theft in the global garment industry, prior to the pandemic; • provide details of the 31 confirmed cases of severance theft we have documented during the pandemic and list the brands responsible; • discuss in more detail our broader data set of factory closures and mass worker dismissals and the implications of this data for estimating the overall incidence of severance theft during Covid-19; and • further outline recommendations for corrective action. Brilliant Alliance Thai Global workers gather on March 10, 2021, after receiving notification that the factory will close the following day. Photo: Noo Roong WRC yz Fired, Then Robbed zy Page 4