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Asia-Pacific claims the greatest share of underage workers (122 million), then sub-Saharan Africa (49 million).
FORBES: Child Labor
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We were asked: Will we compensate underage workers if they are removed from factory payrolls?
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If we confirm underage workers are on the payroll at June Textiles, what will we do next?
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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.
ENGADGET: Samsung finishes initial Chinese factory audits, plans long-term solutions to labor woes
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Gap Inc. does not tolerate underage labour, even if workers submit falsified papers because of their desire to secure employment.
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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.
WSJ: Small firms, Start-ups Drive Crowdsourcing Growth