Foxconn chief defends hiring practices after report married women rejected in India
4 months, 1 week ago

Foxconn chief defends hiring practices after report married women rejected in India

Hindustan Times  

By Praveen Paramasivam Foxconn chief defends hiring practices after report married women rejected in India SRIPERUMBUDUR, India, - Foxconn's chairman on Saturday defended its hiring practices after New Delhi ordered investigations following a Reuters report that the Apple supplier rejects married women from iPhone assembly jobs. The Reuters investigation published in June found that Foxconn systematically excluded married women from jobs at its main India iPhone assembly plant on the grounds they have more family responsibilities than their unmarried counterparts. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's federal government ordered Tamil Nadu to provide a "detailed report" on it, and his labour officials also visited the iPhone factory to question executives. Foxconn told labour officials its main India iPhone factory employs 41,281 people, including 33,360 women.

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Apple iPhone maker Foxconn’s recruiters nix bar on married woman after outrage
1 month ago

Apple iPhone maker Foxconn’s recruiters nix bar on married woman after outrage

Live Mint  

Apple iPhone supplier Foxconn has revised its hiring criteria in India, directing its headhunters to remove conditions related to marital status from job The revised job postings remove previous discriminatory criteria that excluded married women from assembly-line positions. An investigation by Reuters revealed that some recruitment ads excluded married women from applying for assembly-line jobs, violating Foxconn and Apple’s anti-discrimination …

‘Don’t mention unmarried requirement…’: Apple iPhone maker Foxconn asks Indian headhunters to tweak job criteria on ads
1 month ago

‘Don’t mention unmarried requirement…’: Apple iPhone maker Foxconn asks Indian headhunters to tweak job criteria on ads

Live Mint  

Apple manufacturer Foxconn has instructed the hiring agents who help recruit iPhone assembly workers in India to remove age, gender, and marital status criteria along with the company's name from job “The instructions for ads were: Don't mention the unmarried requirement, don't mention age, nor male or female either,” said one person cited in the report. Foxconn Investigation Foxconn's move …

Remove Marital Status, Gender Requirements From iPhone Assembly Job Postings, Apple-Supplier Foxconn Asks Hiring Agents
1 month ago

Remove Marital Status, Gender Requirements From iPhone Assembly Job Postings, Apple-Supplier Foxconn Asks Hiring Agents

ABP News  

Foxconn, a key supplier for Apple, has instructed its recruitment agents in India to remove references to age, gender, and marital status from job An investigation by Reuters earlier this year found that Foxconn’s recruitment partners were posting job ads targeting unmarried women within specific age groups. These practices reportedly excluded married women from eligibility for roles at Foxconn’s Sriperumbudur …

Foxconn Drops Marital Status Query In Indian iPhone Job Ads
1 month ago

Foxconn Drops Marital Status Query In Indian iPhone Job Ads

ABP News  

Apple supplier Foxconn has directed recruitment agencies in India to remove age, gender, and marital status criteria, as well as references to the company's name, from job The investigation revealed that Foxconn’s recruitment vendors had posted job ads specifying eligibility only for unmarried women within certain age groups — contravening both Apple and Foxconn's anti-discrimination policies. Foxconn has also warned …

Foxconn's recruitment shake-up? No more age, gender, or marital status in job ads
1 month ago

Foxconn's recruitment shake-up? No more age, gender, or marital status in job ads

New Indian Express  

The Taiwan-based Foxconn, a key supplier of Apple products in India, has instructed its hiring agents to remove age, gender, and marital status criteria from job ads for iPhone assembly workers. The company has also asked agents to exclude Foxconn’s name from the A Reuters investigation published on June 25 revealed that Foxconn had been excluding married women from jobs …

Foxconn chief defends hiring practices after allegations of bias against Indian married women
4 months ago

Foxconn chief defends hiring practices after allegations of bias against Indian married women

The Hindu  

Foxconn chairman defended their hiring practices on Saturday saying that the company hired people regardless of their gender and emphasised upon the contribution that Indian married women had made to the company. Young Liu, the chairman of the Taiwanese iPhone contract manufacturer spoke at the opening ceremony of its women-only residential complex near Chennai after a Reuters report recently alleged …

Teaching Foxconn the dignity of labour
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Teaching Foxconn the dignity of labour

New Indian Express  

Taiwanese company Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronic maker, is not new to charges of using discriminatory recruitment practices and workplace exploitation. The controversy has erupted again, this time in respect of the company’s Tamil Nadu plant, after an exhaustive Reuters report showed Foxconn had been deliberately excluding married women from its workforce. The Reuters investigation, carried out over several …

Foxconn Employment Row: Tamil Nadu Plant's Hiring Practices Questioned By Trade Unions
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Foxconn Employment Row: Tamil Nadu Plant's Hiring Practices Questioned By Trade Unions

ABP News  

Employee unions at Foxconn India's Apple iPhone manufacturing unit are investigating recent media reports suggesting that the Taiwan-based firm is not hiring married women. The Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has requested a detailed report from the Tamil Nadu labour department following allegations that Foxconn is excluding married women from hiring at its large facility near Sriperumbudur. In a …

Foxconn denies allegations of discrimination against married women at Chennai iPhone plant
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Foxconn denies allegations of discrimination against married women at Chennai iPhone plant

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Taiwan-based Foxconn on Thursday said it does not stand for discrimination in hiring or recruitment and it takes corrective action “up to and including termination of the hiring agency” when it comes across any such issue. Reacting to the Union Ministry of Labour and Employment seeking a detailed report from the Tamil Nadu labour department on the issue of …

Apple supplier Foxconn said to reject married women from India iPhone jobs
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Apple supplier Foxconn said to reject married women from India iPhone jobs

The Hindu  

The two women standing near the entrance to the iPhone factory in Tamil nadu were upset. ‘Cultural issues’ Foxconn typically doesn’t hire married women because of “cultural issues” and societal pressures, said Mr. Paul, who said he left the company in August 2023 for a better-paying role at a consulting firm. Many of the people who spoke to Reuters also …

Foxconn To Build Hostels For 60,000 Employees In Tamil Nadu: Report
2 years ago

Foxconn To Build Hostels For 60,000 Employees In Tamil Nadu: Report

ABP News  

As Foxconn, the maker of iPhones, aims to boost the production of Apple devices in India, the company is reportedly building large hostels for nearly 60,000 employees at its manufacturing unit in Chennai, reported by the Economic Times. According to the report, in response to the strong domestic demand for Apple products and Foxconn’s aim to diversify away from China, …

Apple supplier Foxconn plans to quadruple workforce at India plant: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

Apple supplier Foxconn plans to quadruple workforce at India plant: Report

Live Mint  

Apple supplier Foxconn plans to quadruple the workforce at its iPhone factory in India over two years, two government officials with knowledge of the matter said, pointing to a production adjustment as it faces disruptions in China. While the size of the plant in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu is dwarfed by Foxconn's Zhengzhou plant, which employs 200,000 workers, …

Indian iPhone factory apologizes to workers for mishandling wages
4 years ago

Indian iPhone factory apologizes to workers for mishandling wages

Live Mint  

Wistron Corp. apologized for mishandling wages at its plant in India that makes iPhones, saying it will correct the problems that led a group of angry workers to damage its facilities a week ago. On Dec. 12, workers broke windows and overturned cars at a Wistron facility near India’s technology hub of Bangalore. “We have placed Wistron on probation, and …

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