Interviewed migrant workers who were recruited in Thailand stated that excessive
costs – for work application work, change of employer etc - were charged by HR-staff
at the factories and by brokers. As those fees are not transparent and insufficient
information is provided, the workers often do not know what they are charged for.
CP Foods states in their response that the company has implemented a new foreign
labour hiring policy earlier this year to ensure that all foreign workers are free from
debt related to the recruitment process. However, in the policy the company does
not promise to pay all recruitment fees. It says that the workers would still need to
cover most of the costs in Myanmar, prior to leaving for Thailand, which would still
leave them in debt