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Accuses suppliers subcontracted by Zara of delays in payments and fraud in contracting El Corte Inglés prevents them from placing a large Zara in front of its center in La Castellana To Amancio Ortega, who donates 24 million euros to Cáritas and food banks Zara alerts Facebook of the scam with its fake gift cards Inditex is defending itself against a complaint from the Brazilian Government that accuses suppliers subcontracted by Zara of “labor irregularities.” The textile group has already appealed the administrative procedure initiated following a report from the country's authorities detailing these alleged infractions. An audit composed of 40 prosecutors from the Ministry and the Tax System of São Paulo and Santa Catarina denounces irregularities, such as delays in payments, evidence of an increase in work accidents or fraud in contracting , among others, in suppliers subcontracted by Zara between June from and April .
They are dedicated, they say, to making clothing for the Spanish brand. They report 433 irregularities in 83 inspections , and, according to the analysis, 7,071 workers who carry out their work in 67 companies that are part of the Zara chain have been harmed. Based on this report, an administrative procedure initiated by the Labor Inspection, dependent on the Ministry of Labor and Employment, has been initiated, which suggests the possibility of non- compliance with the Agreement C Level Contact List with the Public Ministry of Labor (MPT) of Brazil. Inditex has appealed the complaint In response to this complaint, as sources from the company run by Pablo Isla have confirmed to El Confidencial Digital, Inditex has appealed this report because it considers that it contains numerous inconsistencies and inaccuracies, such as, for example, including companies that have never maintained any type of relationship with the group.
They argue that it is also contradictory that, if the labor inspections located such irregularities, they have not been reported during this entire period to be corrected, when there is an obligation in this regard included in the agreement signed with the MPT since 2011. They assure that since ,audits have been carried out with their corresponding corrective actions , carried out by international firms specialized in the matter such as Inerte, SGS and Pacer. They also add that the production directed to Zara Brazil by these suppliers represents less than 15% of the total. That is to say, the Spanish company is just one of its many clients . The remaining 85% of its production is mainly directed to other Brazilian companies in the textile sector. In most cases, they reveal that the inspected supplier companies have not been notified about these violations either.