“I urge the suppliers, buyers and brands to urgently remediate serious social non-compliance issues and ensure a much needed strengthening in the overall sectoral and corporate approach to engaging and improving social compliance, as the ‘S’ is often left behind in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns for the industry,” he said in a joint statement with VS Industry Bhd. Both VS Industry and Hall are in a discussion on enhancing the welfare of migrant workers at the company.. (File pic shows a VS Industry plant.)
KUALA LUMPUR: Migrant worker rights specialist Andy Hall has urged suppliers of multinational corporation (MNC) brands in Malaysia to conduct due diligence on migrant workers and remediate social non-compliance issues.
Hall said the areas include the legality of the use of outsourced migrant workers through third-party agents, the risks inherent in the government’s recalibration scheme as well as working hours, living wage and social dialogue issues.
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