It's true that people say don't do things later with a bad name for your parents.
Several former employees of ATA IMS, Dyson's main parts supplier, have demanded compensation from the home appliance company due to the poor working and living conditions at ATA's plant.
Citing a source from Reuters, a former ATA employee has claimed Dyson acted unfairly by exposing himself to danger while working at the plant.
As a result, British law firm Leigh Day sent a ‘letter before action’ to Dyson’s headquarters in Singapore on behalf of the employee.
The gist of the letter states that if Dyson fails to resolve the compensation issue raised, the law firm Leigh Day representing the workers will take the case to the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.
Add the law firm again, it represents former employees on a ‘no win, no fee’ basis.
However, any compensation claims should be made against ATA instead of Dyson where a Dyson spokesperson explained they had nothing to do with the issue but were prepared to defend the former ATA employees affected.
In other words, Dyson takes it seriously and is willing to help the employees employed by its supplier company.
So far, the ATA IMS has not issued any statement on the issue.
As a recap, Dyson had severed ties with the ATA after an independent audit found that the supplier company in Malaysia was practicing forced labor.
The audit found that foreign workers at the ATA factory worked beyond the Malaysian legal time limit of 104 per month, including being forced to work on Sundays.
In addition, the ATA was also found to train a number of staff to hide the working conditions and real working life of its foreigners.
