Foxconn chief dodges accusation of discrimination in India hiring practices

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Following reports of married women being specifically excluded from jobs at Foxconn's India iPhone facilities, the company's chairman has said that the company does have married women as employees -- but didn't specifically dispute accusations over its hiring practices.

Large industrial building labeled Foxconn, surrounded by trees and greenery, with an adjacent road leading to multiple entrances.
One of several Foxconn manufacturing facilities in India.



Foxconn chair Young Liu, visiting a Foxconn factory in Chennai, emphasized that "Foxconn hires regardless of gender, but women make up a big part of our workforce here." The remark did not specifically address the alleged discrimination against married women.

The accusation came after a report from Reuters on the makeup of the worker population at the Chennai plant accused Foxconn of discrimination. Reuters said that it found that married women were systematically excluded from jobs due to having family responsibilities.

The Chennai plant employs some 41,281 workers, of whom 33,360 were women. However, the number of married women working there numbered just 2,750, or 8.2 percent.

Liu commented on the charge during his appearance at the facility to celebrate the opening of a hostel complex for the workers there. The hostel is exclusively for female workers at the plant.

"I emphasise married women greatly contribute to the efforts of what we're doing here," Liu said in rebutting the Reuters investigation. The Modi government in India has ordered labor officials in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to investigate the charges made by the Reuters report.

Foxconn has acknowledged some past discrimination in hiring practices back in 2022, but said it has worked since then to address the issues. Responding to the current allegations, the company says it "vigorously denies" the new report.

Apple has yet to comment on the matter. India has become an increasingly important country for manufacturing iPhones and other devices for Apple.



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    nubusnubus Posts: 565member
    Foxconn... the company that also won't hire Uyghurs due to religion. Still better than Lens Tech (glass manufacturer for Apple) using Uyghurs as forced labor. Foxconn is behaving like this on repeat. No way for Apple to be surprised about it.

    And while the CSR-team in Cupertino is either hiding or union busting:
    Apple employees in Sweden: 16 months parental leave (shared). Apple US employees: 16 weeks. India... avoid hiring parents.


    muthuk_vanalingamronn
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