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10/03/2013
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Retailer will also need to check if the contractor is constituted as a corporation and its employees are enrolled in portfolio
Lojas Americanas will have to monitor their suppliers to curb incidents of slave labor in its supply chain and pay a fine of R$ 250,000 .
The decision is part of the Terms of Adjustment of Conduct ( TAC ) released on Wednesday ( 2 ) by the Ministry of Labour ( MPT ) , after the discovery of five Bolivians caught in precarious conditions in a sewing workshop in Americana ( SP ) in January this year.
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According to a statement issued by MPT , the TAC indicates that Lojas Americanas have to " verify that the contractor is constituted as a corporation and its employees are properly recorded in a formal , through surveys and request for documents ."
MPT caught five Bolivians in precarious conditions in sewing workshop provider of Lojas Americanas
The procedure should be adopted before the company making the purchase orders . Suppliers were in irregular employment situation may not be hired . The retailer must prepare contracts that included warning and penalty of disqualification and return of parts to these sellers .
The current suppliers are also subject to the requirements of the MPT . " Lojas Americanas has two months to identify suppliers that do not meet the requirements of MPT and descredenciá them , as well as effect the cancellation of orders already made ," says the note .
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According to the Tax Ministry of Labour and Employment and prosecutors MPT , Bolivian workers sewing garments child directly to the company HippyChick Kids Fashion Ltda. , Americana . The only client of the firm would be the retailer . The workshop was clandestinely assembled in the back yard of a house in a residential area on the outskirts of the city .
The owner, originating in Bolivia , had relatives working in a makeshift shack with conditions considered unhealthy . The small textile factory received R 2.80 per piece made for HippyChick. Besides not having a formal and being subjected to excessive load , workers were in space with intense heat , no ventilation , tight piles of fabric, with irregular electrical connections and no fire extinguishers .
On the day of inspection, the five Bolivians were four children in the workshop . At the time, Lojas Americanas informed through a press release , repudiating any kind of work in degrading conditions , and was unaware of the problem encountered in the workshop in the interior .
Source : IG
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