Foxconn removes underage interns in Chinese plant

Asia

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Foxconn Technology Group said it uncovered underage workers as young as 14 working in violation of Chinese law and its own policies at a factory in the eastern city of Yantai, according to international media reports and the official Xinhua News Agency . Foxconn is the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, with clients such as Apple, Dell, HP and Sony. China's legal working age is 16. Human rights activists have accused large employers in China of usi...

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