Recently, some people have made serious accusations against the Laboratoires Berden and my way of running the company. A NGO called Health versus Profit has claimed that fifteen year old girls have been working for us in our new factories in Mabhuti and taht our employees have been working about 60 hours a week. I think it is necessary to clarify the situation as so many people have put their faith in the Laboratoires Berden.
First of all, I can ensure you that if fifteen yearl old girls work for us, their status is very special and that we take care that they don’t work more than 15hours a week for us. The rest of the time they go to school thanks to the Berden Academy taht delivers a good education and help them to get more independant in the future. Their work allow them to help their families that are often in a very difficult situtation as Mabhuti is one of the poorest countries in the world. My deep belief is that by moving our factories in Mabhuti, we have a strong role to play in the development of the country. If satisfying our client in Occident is important, helping our employees in Mabhuti matters as well.
Regarding the accusation of a sixty hours work for certain employees, we confess that we have been in a rush lately and that our employees have had to work more than usually but sixty hours a week is certainly not true. We have asked our employees to work extra hours but it was not mandatory but based on a voluntary process and of course, the extra hours have been paid more.
Moreover, I am happy to inform you that thanks to the succes of our products, we have been able to hire 1 000 new employees. It means that more people are going o see their wa of living increasing as average wages in the Laboratoires Berden are higher than in any other firms in Mabhuti.
Once again, I am sincerely disappointed by these accusations whereas I’ve tried all over my life to help my fellow being.
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