KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian glove maker Supermax Corp Bhd has rolled out a brand new overseas employee administration coverage that expands its recruitment price remediation scope to incorporate former staff straight employed and contracted, it mentioned on Tuesday.
The coverage will cowl staff who left the corporate earlier than October 2019, Supermax mentioned in a press release filed with the inventory trade.
Supermax faces an import ban by the U.S. Customs since October because of indications of compelled labour at its operations, and final month Canada terminated its sourcing contract with the corporate on related allegations.
Employees on the firm additionally sought a judicial evaluation of the British authorities’s choice to approve the corporate in December as a provider to its Nationwide Well being Service.
The producer mentioned the brand new initiatives and revised eligibility standards for remediation have been agreed upon after in search of views and recommendation from an unnamed worldwide consulting agency and thru ongoing engagement with migrant employee rights activist Andy Corridor.
“Supermax has additionally engaged a world consulting agency to proceed to evaluate and advise on the payout to all our present and former staff in addition to to trace and find these staff which have returned to their house nations,” it mentioned.
The corporate will arrange a sinking fund ruled by an advisory committee for the remediation effort, which will likely be reviewed when depleted.
Supermax has up to now paid out 25.67 million ringgit ($6.13 million) in remediation overlaying previous recruitment charges, ex-gratia and different associated prices to staff, it mentioned.
($1=4.1845 ringgit)
(Reporting by Liz Lee; Modifying by Shailesh Kuber)
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