SHANGHAI, Dec 27 (Reuters) - China's Jinjiang Group is in the spotlight after Brazil's labour authorities said workers at a factory it is building for electric vehicle maker BYD (002594.SZ), opens ...

Jinjiang Group, a contractor for giant Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD, said Thursday that Brazilian authorities’ portrayal of its employees as “enslaved” was inconsistent with the facts ...

BYD , opens new tab and contractor Jinjiang Group have agreed to assist and house the 163 workers in hotels until a deal to end their contracts is reached, Brazil's Labor Prosecutor's Office said ...

China's Jinjiang Group is under scrutiny after Brazil's labour authorities reported that workers at a factory it is constructing for electric vehicle manufacturer BYD were subjected to human ...

Five settlements were kept by BYD, JinJiang and Tecmonta. Some workers slept on beds without mattresses and had their personal belongings alongside with their food,” the prosecutors' office said.

Jinjiang Group, the BYD contractor, had taken the workers’ passports and was withholding 60% of their wages, prosecutors said. Construction workers who tried to quit would have to repay the ...

BYD has been building the factory with an annual capacity of producing 150,000 cars initially in Brazil, ... Jinjiang did not respond to a request for comment from Reuters.

BYD said that the Jinjiang workers would be housed in nearby hotels for the time being, and would not suffer from the decision to stop work at the site.

Jinjiang Group, a contractor for giant Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD, said Thursday that Brazilian authorities’ portrayal of its employees as “enslaved” was inconsistent with the facts ...

Jinjiang was seeking workers for the construction of BYD's plants in Xian, Shaanxi and Zhengzhou, according to job posts by recruiters on the WeChat messaging app last month.

Jinjiang Group, a contractor for giant Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD, said Thursday that Brazilian authorities’ portrayal of its employees as “enslaved” was inconsistent with the facts ...