Boohoo to investigate reports that workers making its clothes are paid as little as $4.37 an hour

• Boohoo will investigate reports that workers in one of its suppliers' factories are paid as little as £3.50 ($4.37) an hour, less than half the UK minimum wage.
• The company said the conditions described in an explosive Sunday Times report were "totally unacceptable" and "fall woefully short" of its standards.
• Last week, a workers' rights group found that factories supplying Boohoo clothing in Leicester were putting workers at risk of catching COVID-19.
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Fast-fashion giant Boohoo has promised to investigate conditions at one of its suppliers' factories in Leicester after an explosive Sunday Times investigation said workers there were paid as little as £3.50 ($4.37) an hour.

A reporter for the Times of London went overcover to work at the factory, which produced clothes for two of Boohoo's brands, and found staff were wearing almost no protective equipment despite COVID-19 rules. They were paid far less than the national minimum wage of £8.72 ($10.89) for people over 25, the report said.

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