The worker who misses overtime also receives a warning letter, which is publicly posted in the factory, and the workers name is announced over the loud speaker. Workers are instructed not to punch their time cards for evening or Sunday work. Workers receive no overtime premium. No matter how many hours they work, they always receive the same standard piece rate or hourly wage. These wages include all overtime hours, bonuses and production incentives.
Workers receive no overtime premium.
No matter how many hours they work, they always receive the same standard piece rate or hourly wage. Workers are housed 16 to a crowded room and fed two poor quality meals a day. The workers must take care of and pay for their own breakfasts. Illegal deductions Upon entering the Keng Tau factories the workers are illegally charged a 60 rmb job deposit and their first month s wages are withheld by the company. This is done to prevent the workers from looking for better or higher paying jobs, for if they leave before their first year is out, they forfeit both their wages and deposit.