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The investigation identified the following major labor issues:

• Employment of workers aged 16 without legally required special protections
• Blank or incomplete labor contracts
• Nominal and inadequate onboarding “training”
• Unclear and inconsistently applied resignation procedures
• Excessive use of labor dispatch beyond legal limits
• Overtime far exceeding legal limits, including unpaid meetings
• Wage deductions and lack of overtime pay for dispatched workers
• Fines and penalties imposed for minor infractions
• Verbal sexual harassment by management
• Absence of paid leave, including sick leave
• Unrealistic production targets
• Lack of social insurance and statutory benefits
• Unhygienic food and living conditions
• Occupational health and safety deficiencies
• Inadequate fire safety and emergency preparedness
• Absence of labor union and grievance mechanisms
• Recruitment discrimination
• Difficulty obtaining reimbursement for pre-paid medical expenses

While no child labor was identified, the factory employed workers aged 16 as long-term production workers under the same conditions as adults, without providing the special protections required under Chinese law.

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