1/16/2012
Some details have emerged about working conditions at an Apple subcontractor in Asia. Jesse Russell reports.
Apple has released a comprehensive report on the working conditions at subcontractor plants in Asia. The software and electronics giant left out names of the subcontractors responsible for violations of its conduct code, but wasn’t short on details of abuses taking place. Fortune Magazine published a number of the findings in the report:
• 42 facilities had payment practice violations, including delayed payment for employees' wages and no pay slips provided to employees.
• 68 facilities did not provide employees adequate benefits as required by laws and regulations, such as social insurance and free physical examinations. 49 facilities did not provide employees with paid leaves or vacations.
• 67 facilities used deductions from wages as a disciplinary measure.
• 108 facilities did not pay proper overtime wages as required by laws and regulations. For example, they did not provide sufficient overtime pay for holidays.
In 5 facilities it discovered a total of 6 active and 13 historical cases of underage labor.
Apple utilizes 156 subcontractors for the manufacturing of its products. Nearly 70 percent had at least one violation. After these findings were compiled Apple only ended a contract with one of the subcontractors who they describe as a “repeat offender.Some details have emerged about working conditions at an Apple subcontractor in Asia. Jesse Russell reports.
Apple has released a comprehensive report on the working conditions at subcontractor plants in
Asia. The software and electronics giant left out names of the subcontractors responsible for violations of its conduct code, but wasn’t short on details of abuses taking place.
Fortune Magazine published a number of the findings in the report:
• 42 facilities had payment practice violations, including delayed payment for employees' wages and no pay slips provided to employees.
• 68 facilities did not provide employees adequate benefits as required by laws and regulations, such as social insurance and free physical examinations. 49 facilities did not provide employees with paid leaves or vacations.
• 42 facilities had payment practice violations, including delayed payment for employees' wages and no pay slips provided to employees.
• 68 facilities did not provide employees adequate benefits as required by laws and regulations, such as social insurance and free physical examinations. 49 facilities did not provide employees with paid leaves or vacations.
• 67 facilities used deductions from wages as a disciplinary measure.
• 108 facilities did not pay proper overtime wages as required by laws and regulations. For example, they did not provide sufficient overtime pay for holidays.
In 5 facilities it discovered a total of 6 active and 13 historical cases of underage labor.
Apple utilizes 156 subcontractors for the manufacturing of its products. Nearly 70 percent had at least one violation. After these findings were compiled Apple only ended a contract with one of the subcontractors who they describe as a “repeat offender.”
Some Americans have lost sight of why labor union were formed and are still needed. These violations make the case for labor unions clear.
Most of Apple's hardware such as circuit boards are subcontracted to Foxconn in Taipei.
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