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Annex Subcategory Indicator Status Health and safety Social benefits/ social security 344 Ratio of salary of women to wages of men in company Treatment of workers in general Description of potential main origins of danger and protection measures Description of reported violations Accident rate of the country/sector/organisation Presence of a formal policy regarding health and safety Social security expenditures of the country/sector 100% 1336 There are strict regulations to administrate workers, also regarding the dormitories. Wage deductions due to “misbehaviour” as talking during the work, delays, use of restrooms too frequent, etc. are common. In addition, it is a common practice to use fines for nonattendance regarding overtime as leverage. 1337 Further, employees have to carry on a very high workload; non-fulfilment leads to overtime or bonus deductions. 1338 Workers are exposed to hazardous substances. Lite-On provides health and safety training, but it is reported that this training is insufficient. Further, there are complaints of workers that protection clothes are not adequate. 1339 In 2008, a Lite-On factory in Dongguang caught fire due to a short cut. 14 product lines were partly destroyed. 1340 Indeed, it is not clear, whether the fire was caused by violations of safety measures. 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. 1341 Lite-On reported an injury rate of 0.96/1,000,000 working hours in 2008. Each occupational injury resulted in 106.29 lost working hours. 1342 The corporate pledge of Lite-On includes the promise “to improve working conditions and provide a healthy and safe workplace.” 1343 China invests around 6% of GDP in social security. 1344 It is unknown how much the electronic sector invests. 1336 Lite-On (2009), p. 65 1337 Interview with China Labour Bulletin 1338 SACOM (2008) 1339 SACOM (2008) 1340 SACOM (2008) and http://technology-base.blogspot.com/2008/02/lite-on-monitor-producti on-lines-caught .html 1341 Hämäläinen/Saarela/Takala (2009) 1342 Lite-On (2009), p. 66 1343 Lite-On (2009), p. 17 1344 IMF (2010), p. 5
Subcategory Indicator Status List of social benefits provided to workers Evidence of violations to laws and employment regulations Stakeholder group local community: Annex Overseas employees receive benefits and insurance as specified by the local law. 1345 Lite-On infringes the law regarding overtime and days off: Article 41 of the Chinese Labour Law stipulates that overtime hours shall not exceed 3 hours a day and 36 hours per month. Article 38 stipulates that companies shall provide at least 1 day off per week. 1346 Table 98: S-LCI table power supply from Lite-On stakeholder local community Subcategory Indicator Status Access to material resources Access to immaterial resources Extraction of material resources and level of industrial water use Percent of population with access to improved sanitation facilities Existence of projects to improve community infrastructure Presence of certified environmental management systems Description of (potential) material resource conflicts Freedom of expression in country/sector/company No data on material resource extraction found. The Chinese industry is responsible for 26% of freshwater withdrawals. 1347 65% 1348 None. All Lite-On sites are certified according to ISO 14001. 1349 Power Supplies contain rare metals as gold and copper, what can lead to resource conflicts. Although the Chinese law guarantees freedom of speech, assembly, association, and publication, China’s media environment is classified as one of the most restricted in the world. In the international ranking of the Freedom House China got 85 of 100 points in 2009, what equates the category “not free”. Media censorship through governmental organisations is 1345 Lite-On (2009), p. 65 1346 www.china.org.cn/english/government/207383.htm 1347 www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html 1348 http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.ACSN?display=default and www.unicef.org/info bycountry/china_statistics.html#65 1349 Lite-On (2009), p. 18 and 66 345
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