After three warnings, they're fired. Moreover, all 35 workers interviewed in depth by Thuyen Nguyen, of Vietnam Labor Watch, said they received below minimum wage for their first 90 days at the factory, a clear violation of the minimum wage law. Workers in Vietnam say they do not get the legally mandated compensation for overtime wages, night shift wages or Sunday wages, and their pay stubs confirm this. In an 8-hour shift, workers are not allowed to go to the bathroom more than once, and are not allowed to have a drink of water more than twice. It is a common occurrence for workers to faint from exhaustion, heat, fumes and poor nutrition during their shifts.
Health care is inadequate.
At the Sam Yang factory, with 6000 employees, one doctor works only two hours a day but the factory operates 20 hours a day. Worse than the physical conditions are the management practices. The men and women supervising factory workers routinely engage in conduct that is specifically designed to humiliate these women, to take away their human dignity and to make them feel worthless. 12 of them fainted and were taken to the hospital by their friends. A few of them had worn outdoor shoes inside the factory.