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Samsung Electronics Has Rejected Allegations
Mar 4, 2013Samsung Electronics has rejected allegations that underage workers are assembling its products after three non-government organizations (NGO) filed a complaint with a French prosecutor's office claiming that the tech company was violating ...
Tags: Samsung Electronics, labor regulation, China
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Hewlett-Packard Has Issued New Guidelines to Limit The Use of Student Labor
Feb 18, 2013Hewlett-Packard has issued new guidelines to limit the use of student labor at its supplier factories in China, in what it claimed was the first of its kind for the IT industry. The company issued the guidelines to address "the ...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard, IT industry, student labor
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Apple Found 11 Facilities Within Its Supply Chain Using Underage Labor Last Year
Jan 29, 2013Apple found 11 facilities within its supply chain using underage labor last year, and went as far to sever ties with one Chinese component maker for failing to prevent the violations. The company's crackdown on underage labor violations ...
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Apple Has Found 11 Facilities Within Its Supply Chain Using Underage Labour Last Year
Jan 29, 2013Following a drawn-out investigation, Apple has found 11 facilities within its supply chain using underage labour last year, and has severed ties with one Chinese component maker for failing to address the violations. The company’s ...
Tags: Apple, supply chain, Chinese component maker
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A Chinese Official Weighed in on The Controversy Surrounding Working Conditions
Dec 26, 2012IDG News Service - A Chinese official on Monday weighed in on the controversy surrounding working conditions at Apple and Samsung's suppliers in the country, stating that certain companies were lacking in "human care" in treating their ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, working conditions, human care
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Samsung Is Facing Accusations That The Company Deliberately Tried to Hide The Employment
Dec 21, 2012Samsung is facing accusations that the company deliberately tried to hide the employment of underage workers at a Chinese supplier, after a labor protection group said it found three girls under the age of 16 employed at the factory. On ...
Tags: Samsung, Labor Group, Computer Products
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Local Authority Found No Underage Workers at a Samsung Electronics Manufacturing Supplier
Dec 21, 2012Local authorities in China said Thursday that they found no underage workers at a Samsung Electronics manufacturing supplier that a labor watchdog group claims has been employing students under the age of 16. The Huizhou Zhongkai Hi-tech ...
Tags: local authorities, China, underage workers, Samsung
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A Samsung Supplier Allegedly Employs Workers Under The Age of 16
Dec 19, 2012A Samsung supplier in China allegedly employs workers under the age of 16, according to a labor watchdog group, which found the student workers earn about US$1 an hour. China Labor Watch said it found the problems after sending ...
Tags: Samsung, China, underage workers, labor watchdog group
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Samsung Electronics Announced New Measures to Keep Its Suppliers in China
Nov 26, 2012Samsung Electronics announced new measures to keep its suppliers in China compliant with labor laws after it completed a round of audits that found problems relating to overtime and the way penalties were carried out. The South Korean ...
Tags: South Korean, China, Samsung, labor laws, China Labor Watch
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Students as Young as 14 Were Found Employed at a Company Factory in China
Oct 16, 2012IDG News Service - Electronics manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group said on Tuesday that students as young as 14, below the legal working age, were found employed at a company factory in China that has been said to make products for ...
Tags: Foxconn, Underage, Electronics manufacturer
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A Labor Rights Group Accused Samsung of"Illegal and Inhumane Violations"at Its Factories
Sep 4, 2012A labor rights group has accused Samsung of"illegal and inhumane violations"at its factories in China,reporting cases of excessive overtime and exhausting working conditions,with employees being made to stand for up to 12 hours for a single ...
Tags: Samsung, worker mistreatment, China, labor rights group