Chinese students work overtime at foxconn making apple iphone x

Both Apple and its partner in China Foxconn have confirmed the complaints of students who have told The Financial Times newspaper that they have worked overtime in the assembly of the new iPhone X. Both companies also say that they are already taking appropriate measures in this regard.

"Our school forces us to work here"

Apple has conducted an audit and confirmed "cases of students working overtime at a supplier facility in China, " the news said. "We have confirmed that the students worked voluntarily, were compensated and provided benefits, but they should not have been allowed to work overtime, " he added.

Foxconn said "all work was voluntary and appropriately compensated, " however, he has also admitted that students "worked overtime in violation of our policy " which prohibits students from working more than 40 hours per week.

Apple and Foxconn's remarks come after six high school students told the Financial Times that they work 11 hours a day assembling the iPhone X at Foxconn's factory in Zhengzhou, China.

"Our school forces us to work here, " said Yang, an 18-year-old student who reportedly declined to reveal her name for fear of retaliation. "The work has nothing to do with our studies" and ensures that it has managed to place up to 1, 200 iPhone X cameras per day. These students, whose ages range from 17 to 19, reportedly were told they needed a three-month "work experience" at the factory in order to graduate from the Zhengzhou Urban Rail Transit School, where they prepare to practice. like train hostesses

Every year Foxconn expands its workforce with temporary workers to assemble the new iPhone models in time for the busy holiday shopping season. The report, citing an anonymous Foxconn employee, notes that there may be as many as 300, 000 workers producing up to 20, 000 iPhones per day.

As part of supplier accountability efforts, Apple requires its manufacturing partners, such as Foxconn, to limit hours of work to no more than 60 hours per week, with a mandatory day of rest once every seven days, something that not always fulfilled.