Myo Thein
Feb 01, 2026
Workers say that Lucky Top Myanmar garment factory is forcing them to work overtime until 12 midnight, and also requiring them to work full days on Saturdays. Workers report that if they refuse to work overtime, the factory applies pressure, forces them to sign warning letters, and even dismisses them from their jobs.
“Forcing late-night overtime has mainly affected workers in the Finishing department since October. Now many of them are in poor health. Two supervisors from that department, Iron Supervisor and Packing Supervisor, were dismissed after workers spoke up on their behalf,” workers said.
According to workers, the factory manager claims that overtime is required because production targets are not being met, and that warning letters were issued due to failure to meet those targets. Although the original production target was set at 25 pieces per hour, it has now been increased to up to 40 pieces, which workers say exceeds their physical capacity. Despite being required to work overtime, the factory does not arrange transportation for workers to return home, resulting in additional expenses for them, workers said.
“When we work overtime, we also have to come in again the next day. Since no ferry is arranged in the morning, we have to buy our own food. Previously, the factory provided 4,000 kyats for meals, but now it only gives 2,000 kyats, which is not enough. Before, they also paid for transportation, but now they don’t. They say transportation is arranged, but there is only one vehicle, so it’s impossible for us to return to work properly. Between travel costs and overtime exhaustion, workers are completely worn out,” a worker said.
Workers say that regular working hours, including overtime, run from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., with no proper breaks, requiring continuous work. During night shifts, there is only a 15-minute break, and on full overnight shifts, only one break is given at midnight.
Because of late-night overtime, workers are experiencing health problems, but the factory reportedly refuses to grant leave and instead dismisses workers. One worker said, “They don’t give leave at all. We don’t even get medical leave. If you’re sick and don’t come in, they dismiss you immediately.”
It is also reported that after late-night overtime, the electricity in the workplace is turned off, preventing workers from resting properly. Workers say it is difficult to seek help from the Workplace Coordination Committee (WCC) because it is composed only of people close to factory management.
“When we go to the WCC, they say, ‘Do whatever the manager says; the HR manager has already said so.’ If you lodge a complaint, the next day they call you in and force you to sign a warning letter,” workers said.
Workers also said that although they raised workplace difficulties with the female HR manager, her only response was that if workers do not follow leaders’ instructions, they will be dismissed.
Lucky Top Myanmar is located on Phan Chat Wun U Myu Road, East Dagon Industrial Zone, East Dagon Township, and employs around 900 workers, according to available information. The factory is currently manufacturing garments on a contract basis for Japanese brands, and workers say the factory owner is a Chinese national.
