Asia-Pacific claims the greatest share of underage workers (122 million), then sub-Saharan Africa (49 million).
We were asked: Will we compensate underage workers if they are removed from factory payrolls?
If we confirm underage workers are on the payroll at June Textiles, what will we do next?
We are very uncomfortable launching a policy of compensating underage workers who falsified papers to secure employment.
Part of that, however, could be that Foxconn is hiding underage workers off the plant floor during inspections.
FORBES: Did Foxconn Hide Underage Workers During Inspections?
According to AI, Foxconn hid underage workers before FLA inspectors arrived for audits.
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We have never before been approached about compensating underage workers discovered at factories.
Abuses at Chinese plants run by manufacturer Foxconn have gained recent attention amid news reports of long working hours, underage workers and a secretive, militaristic culture.
Further, we have refused to accept the products made at this factory since we are as yet unable to determine if underage workers helped produce the clothing.
While there weren't any underage workers when Samsung visited, it did find HEG staff working excessive overtime, some unsafe practices and a system that punished late workers with fines.
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In a press release, This American Life said that when asked, Mike Daisey's Chinese interpreter had disputed one of the show's most dramatic moments - Mr Daisey's claim to have met underage workers employed by Foxconn, a key Apple manufacturer.
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The audit of the labour force in that supply chain has found that, horrors, 0.01% of the workers were underage.
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Gap Inc. does not tolerate underage labour, even if workers submit falsified papers because of their desire to secure employment.
One major concern is that crowdsourced labor risks creating what Harvard Law School professor Jonathan Zittrain has called "digital sweatshops, " where workers who may be underage work long hours on mind-numbing tasks for very little money -- or, if the work is structured as a game, for no money at all.
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