Strengthening Labor Law Enforcement In Garment Factories To Promote Healthy Development Of Garment Industry

Federal and state labor officials announced a multi-year campaign to crack down on South Carolina's enforcement of minimum wage or overtime pay, or those who did not register their businesses.

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The US labor wage and Labor Bureau said it will announce the findings by the end of this year, and will maintain the inspection of garment contractors in Losangeles and Orange County for several years.

The action was launched in August 7th. At the time, 10 teams, composed of 50 members of the labor standards authority of the Carolina State and the United States labor wage and Labor Bureau, examined 10 garment factories located in the Los Angeles clothing center, employing more than 199 employees.

The results showed that no compensation was given to workers for 217844 dollars.

The factory does not have a business license, the labor law enforcement agency of South Carolina said.

The law enforcement will continue auditing to see whether workers should be paid the minimum wage or overtime pay.

The US labor wage and Labor Bureau said it will announce the findings by the end of this year, and will maintain the inspection of garment contractors in Losangeles and Orange County for several years.

Over the past five years, the federal pay and Labor Bureau has conducted more than 1500 inspections of clothing factories in South Carolina in the offices of Losangeles, Santiago and West kweiner.

93% of the survey results found no violation, while the survey found that the wages of underpaid workers amounted to $about 11000000.

The survey found that

Piecework wages are usually executed at a minimum of 6 dollars / hour.

The minimum wage in South Carolina is US $8 per hour, and the minimum wage stipulated by the federal government is US $7.25 per hour.

In most cases, workers work 10-12 hours a day, 6 or 7 days a week, without overtime pay.

The Labor Bureau technical schools pay attention to all kinds of low wage industries, such as car washing, hotels, agriculture, doormen, landscaping, etc. there are many low paid workers in these industries, who are not legally paid, and they need help to get their due reward.