WET SEAL
March 1st, 2004
BY PHILIP FINE
UNITED States private-label garment retailers will be asking themselves whether they should in future demand more stringent labour relations codes with external clothing manufacturers, after chain Wet Seal settled a case involving questionable third-party labour practices. Four garment workers had filed wage claims against their employer, DT Sewing, as well as Wet Seal, the 619-store national chain with which DT did business. Wet Seal was liable to meet US$90,000 of a US$240,000 back pay settlement, said a 2002 ruling by California's labour ...
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