Married women are not allowed to assemble Apple iPhones? Foxconn India factory under investigation

July 4 news, according to Reuters, India’s labor regulatory authorities received reports from the public that Apple supplier Foxconn systematically excluded married women from iPhone assembly work, and established a five-person team on July 1. Visited and investigated the Foxconn factory near Chennai. Citing the source, the five-person panel questioned Foxconn executives and human resources representatives and requested documents related to hiring practices and compliance with labor laws. Sources have learned from Foxconn's human resources department and third-party recruiters that family responsibilities, pregnancy and higher absenteeism are reasons for avoiding hiring married women, although Foxconn relaxes this practice during peak production periods. Foxconn claims that it does not discriminate. The factory currently employs 41,281 people, including 33,360 women, and of these women, about 2,750 (about 8%) are married. However, Foxconn did not provide the proportion of married women by department, specifically the iPhone assembly department.

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