investigation Two years ago, Boohoo had already been accused of selling clothes made in Pakistan but also in the center of the United Kingdom, in Leicester, by underpaid workers
The Boohoo brand is going to be reviewed by the UK regulator. (ILLUSTRATION PHOTO) — Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock/SIPA
Online apparel retailer Boohoo employs employees in a of its British warehouses in grueling and unhealthy conditions, says an article in the Timesreleased this Wednesday. According to a journalist from the daily who worked Undercover for a month, warehouse workers in Burnley (North West England) have to collect 130 items an hour by walking a lot.
The Reporter said to have traveled about 20 kilometers to foot without any break to sit during an eleven hour work session, and despite having everything achieved only 70% of its objectives. The temperature in the warehouse frequently reached 32 degrees at night during the summer, he reports.
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“Prison”, “slaves”, “don”not work there”
Employees receive instructions and whereabouts items via a bulky black terminal attached to the to their wrist, thanks to which they are also watched by their superiors, continues the article in the British daily.
“Prison”, “slaves”, “don’t work there,” reads graffiti in the warehouse, photographed and printed ;s in the Times article, which also describes numerous employee ER stays, fainting spells, and more. Consequence: the turnover rate is high.
Two years ago, Boohoo had already been accused to sell clothes made in Pakistan but also in the center of the United Kingdom, in Leicester, by underpaid workmen. This did not prevent Boohoo’s CEO to offer a collaboration with the reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian. He was later given a bonus of £1.3million, while employees get £11 an hour, reports the Times
Contacté According to AFP on Wednesday, a spokesman for Boohoo, a firm that says it employs more than 5,000 people worldwide, said the Times article “” effective working environment in our Burnley” warehouse. At 11 pounds per hour, he points out that the remuneration is higher than the minimum subsistence wage, which is not compulsory but recommended. in the UK.