Key Points
Apple supplier Foxconn has ordered hiring agents, who help recruit iPhone assembly workers in India, to remove age, gender and marital criteria as well as the manufacturer's name in job advertisements, according to three people familiar with the matter and almost a dozen ads reviewed by Reuters...
The moves follow a Reuters investigation published on June 25, which found that Foxconn excluded married women from jobs at its main India iPhone assembly plant, though it relaxed the practice during high-production periods...
For the June story, Reuters reviewed job ads posted by Foxconn's Indian hiring vendors between January 2023 and May 2024, which stated that only unmarried women of specified ages were eligible for smartphone assembly roles, contravening Apples and Foxconns anti-discrimination policies...
