Apple, Foxconn say they overly relied on temporary workers in China

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Apple said it investigated the percentage of temporary workers among the overall workforce and found it 'exceeded our standards'.

SHANGHAI - Apple Inc and manufacturing partner Foxconn Technology Co Ltd on Monday rebutted allegations of lapses in people management levelled by a non-profit monitor of worker rights, though confirmed they employed too many temporary workers.

U.S. tech firm Apple relies heavily on Taiwan's Foxconn and its Chinese manufacturing facilities to produce devices such as the iPhone, the next line of which will be unveiled on Tuesday. Apple did not state whether the excess amounted to a breach of Chinese law. It declined to comment when asked directly by Reuters.

Apple also said it discovered interns at a supplier facility had worked overtime at night, violating company policy, and that"this issue has been corrected." It said the interns worked overtime voluntarily and were properly compensated."We did find evidence that the use of dispatch workers and the number of hours of overtime work carried out by employees, which we have confirmed was always voluntary, was not consistent with company guidelines," Foxconn said.

 

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