The company subcontracts work to some companies inside and outside the Export Processing Zone. During peak production work is subcontracted out to other companies and workers are fired for 3 to 6 months as apprentices and contractual workers. Workers on 6 month contracts at VT Fashion Image will be transferred to EQ when their contracts expire. Presently, the company is busy hiring another group of contractual workers since it has terminated the services of those whose 5 month contracts have expired. The management makes sure that contractual workers do not reach 6 months of employment and always makes sure that there is a new group of workers ready to replace those whose contracts are expiring.
Contractual workers have no sick leave with pay or other benefits.
Once the management discovers women workers who are pregnant they are fired immediately, even if their contract has not finished. Workers are easily dismissed and there is no union at VT Fashion Image.