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Annex Subcategory Indicator Status Description of kind of forced labour in the sector No information available. Specification of living wage China has no uniform minimum wage; prov- and minimum wage in the inces, municipalities, and autonomous regions country are allowed to set their own minimum wage. The minimum wage ranges from 605 - 1,120 Fair salary CNY/month. 625 The living costs are deemed to be higher. Wage level of the worker It is assumed that workers with lowest income with lowest income and earn the minimum wage. The average factory description of payment performance of the sector worker in Guangdong earns around 1,500 CNY/month. 626 Hours of work per employee The working time in the plastic industry is esti- and month in average mated as high. A workweek exceeds often Working time Discrimination 232 Number of days without work per week Description of how overtime is handled Percentage of women in the labour force in the sector Country gender index ranking Occurrence of discrimination in the country/sector 625 http://baike.baidu.com/view/895266.htm 60h. 627 It is assumed that workers get 1 day off per week. No information available. The percentage of women in the industrial labour force is around 40%. The majority of females are employed in the garments and textiles sector. The share of women in the plastic industry is rather low. 628 Rank 83 of 102 629 Discrimination in China is widespread. People are discriminated because of their origin, gender, age, religion, or disabilities. 630 Also discrimination in the workplace is common. 631 Especially rural migrant workers are discriminated. They earn 30% less than local workers, they work twice as long as members of the local personnel, they receive lower social benefits, and are more often involved in workplace acci- 626 Toloken (2010) 627 www.theonion.com/articles/chinese-factory-worker-cant-believe-the-shit-he-ma,1343 628 UNPD (2003), p. 159 629 www.genderindex.org 630 www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/127268.htm 631 Séguin (2009)
Subcategory Indicator Status Health and safety Social benefits/ social security Ratio of salary of women to wages of men in sector Description of potential main origins of danger Accident rate of the country/ sector Social security expenditures of the country/sector Stakeholder group local community: Table 61: S-LCI table plastics from China stakeholder local community Annex dents. In addition, they are often employed without a written labour contract. 632 Employment discrimination against women is also present. 633 Amongst skilled engineers and technicians the plastic industry employs low skilled operators and assemblers. It is assumed that the jobs that require limited education or experience are mainly filled with migrant workers. No information available. The production of plastics is relatively safe. Many production steps are automated, so that the main origins of danger are incorrect operation of machines or faulty machines. Although Asia has very high accident rates, China is average in international comparison with an accident rate of 12,399/100,000 employees and a fatality rate of 13.2. 634 No information regarding accident rates in the plastic industry. China invests around 6% of GDP in social security. 635 No information about social expenditures of the plastic industry. Subcategory Indicator Status Access to material resources Extraction of material resources and level of industrial water use No data on material resource extraction found. The Chinese industry is responsible for 26% of total freshwater withdrawals. 636 The production of plastic requires in the first place high quantities of fossil fuels, both as raw material and as energy source for the manufacturing process. 637 632 Amnesty International (2007) and www.waronwant.org/overseas-work/sweatshops-and-pla ntations/china-sweatshops 633 http://genderindex.org/country/china 634 Hämäläinen/Saarela/Takala (2009) 635 IMF (2010), p. 5 636 www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html 637 Gervet (2007) 233
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References References Publications
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